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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who interrupts Mister Leo when he goes to Fan's bedroom at the end of Chapter 14?
2. In Chapter 19, when does Miss Cathy say she would run outside the village when she was a girl?
3. In Chapter 18, when Three had appendicitis, how long did she have to be at the medical center?
4. In Chapter 13, who from Fan's family was probably living in a Charter village?
5. How long has Mala worked at the house?
Short Essay Questions
1. At the end of Chapter 17, what do the girls decide that they need to do?
2. In Chapter 20, what happened after Five nearly dies?
3. Why do the girls in Chapter 17 each spend a night sleeping on a bed near Miss Cathy?
4. At the end of Chapter 19, what is Five's condition?
5. In Chapter 15, how do the narrators help Cousin Gordon when he falls in the backyard?
6. In Chapter 23, what meeting is held in West B-Mor and why?
7. In Chapter 18, what happens to Four and Five and what is the recommendation to help them?
8. In Chapter 14 what does Mister Leo look like?
9. In Chapter 19, what does Fan do to get someone's attention and get help for Four and Five?
10. At the end of Chapter 24, what does Oliver say about Vik and Betty?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The novel is told from a first-person plural point of view. How does the way that the story is told affect what readers know and think of Fan? How does the point of view create a distance between readers and fan? How does using the first-person plural point of view affect the development of Fan’s story?
Essay Topic 2
When people get old and sick, medical care ceases and they are left to die. What seems to be the attitude toward the elderly in B-Mor? What value do the elderly have? Why are the elderly expected to give up their lives? What is revealed about the value of old age in the novel?
Essay Topic 3
The novel takes place in several different locations. What do all of the locations have in common? How is the setting presented? What is the importance of setting in the novel?
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