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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 acres is the Duchess's property?

2. Where did Ethan go to college?

3. How long after Bird's ninth birthday did Marie Johnson die?

4. How many days did Margaret spend listening to Mrs. Johnson tell her about Marie?

5. What does Margaret have for her and Bird to eat for dessert in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Margaret's parents die?

2. Where did Margaret find a place for Sadie to stay?

3. How did Margaret's book become associated with the anti-PACT movement?

4. What jobs did Domi and Margaret get during the Crisis?

5. What choices do Bird, Ethan, and Sadie have?

6. As Margaret listened to stories of children taken, what did she learn?

7. What does Sadie remember about catching crabs?

8. What was the inspiration for Margaret's poem Our Missing Hearts?

9. What happened when Family Services came to the Gardner's house?

10. What do Sadie and Bird do when they go down to the water at the cabin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Margaret has to leave home after her poem becomes a slogan. In what way does Margaret have to go into exile? How does she find purpose in her exile?

Essay Topic 2

Mood is an element that authors use to evoke feelings in readers through the use of descriptive language. Mood is the overall feeling that readers have when reading a story. What is the overall mood of Our Missing Hearts?

Essay Topic 3

Margaret's last story addresses Bird and communicates truths she wants to share with him. What does she want to share with him? What is revealed about the power of words and stories in Our Missing Hearts?

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