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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. How many letters are in a file titled "Elm/Hickory Grove" (314)?

2. What grade were Mab and Petra in when they started planning to go to college together and all the other things they would do in their lives?

3. In calculus on page 296, what shape is the note River passes to Mab?

4. When Monday comments that Zachariah Finkelburg saw Nathan at the grocery store, what does she say that Nathan was buying?

5. When the Groves wanted the river diverted, what did the then mayor of Bourne ask for in exchange for diverting the river?

Short Essay Questions

1. What ideas do Monday and Mab have for ways River can sabotage his father?

2. Why is Mab surprised when she and River go inside the plant?

3. Why does Apple come to the Mitchell house in the chapter that beings on page 211?

4. What memory does Nora have of the park?

5. Why is Monday using checkout cards?

6. Why does Monday think it would be easy to find a needle in a haystack?

7. What does Mirabel realize when Monday shows her the picture of the Santas pretending to fish in 1963?

8. How has Belsum countered what seem to be the facts regarding the problems in Bourne?

9. What did Zach Finkelburg say that Belsum offered employees if they did not talk about what went on at the chemical factory?

10. What does Nathan reveal about GL 606?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Juxtaposition is a literary device used to compare and contrast things. How does Frankel use juxtaposition to show the differences between the triplets? How does juxtaposition help readers understand similarities and differences between the girls?

Essay Topic 2

Metaphors and similes are figures of speech that are used to make comparisons between things. Metaphors seem to imply an equal comparison, while similes seem to imply a similarity between two things. Does the author use more metaphors or similes in the novel? How does the use of metaphors or similes help readers comprehend concepts? How does the use of metaphors or similes help readers make the story more interesting?

Essay Topic 3

Puns are figures of speech that involve wordplay and double means or using words that sound similar but have different meanings. How do puns lead to important evidence for the triplets? How does the use of puns affect the plot?

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