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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. What is the weather like when Jamie returns home?

2. Who was the consulate that Hugh wished were his father?

3. Where is Jamie's childhood home?

4. What do the teenagers notice about Jamie?

5. Where does Mrs. Drake encourage Jamie to go when he gets to his new town?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author use weather as a literary device to convey mood?

2. Describe Granda Hugh as Jamie sees him for the first time in ten years.

3. What eases some of Jamie's sadness at having to leave Mrs. Drake?

4. Describe the incident of Jamie's father keeping watch in the bushes with a knife.

5. What are Jamie's observations about his father?

6. How did little Hugh spend much of his childhood?

7. What feelings of Granda Hugh's come out regarding Jamie's leaving home years ago?

8. Explain how the war and being a single parent seemed to change Famie.

9. Where is Jamie Bawn going with his parents as Part 1, Chapter 1 begins?

10. Which character's story is revealed in Part 1, Chapter 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Create a character study of Alice. What are her physical characteristics? What are her motivations? What are her fears? What are her dreams? What else can you say about Alice?

Essay Topic 2

Does O'Hagan end the book on a note of hope for Jamie or the continuance of his struggle to come to terms with his flawed relationship with his father? Give your perspective and two reasons to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

O'Hagan is a master at dramatic devices. Choose an example of symbolism, metaphor, and irony. Briefly describe them and identify the technique which they embody.

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