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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 do Naomi and Tommie share when Naomi tells her Henry wants to marry?

2. What does Miranda do on a date in February 1937?

3. Where was Henry living when he was the only person in his immediate family to survive a tornado?

4. What do the twins do while Naomi meets Wash at the tree on page 203?

5. In March 1937, where is Henry drilling?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Naomi's grandmother tell her in a letter?

2. What idea does Wash have that might get money for the Colored School?

3. What did the New London School give the Colored School last year, and why were those things not valuable?

4. Why does Henry think destruction follows him?

5. What conversation do Muff and Naomi have about Henry?

6. What does Henry get the twins and Naomi for Christmas?

7. How is Henry feeling about religion?

8. What does Cari find in the guitar case?

9. How do Tommie and Naomi do with finishing Tommie's dress for home economics?

10. Why does Wash say that his birthday is not for another three years?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Artistic license is the way that an author creates, art, music, or writing based on her interpretation of life. How does Perez use artistic license to create the realistic background of Out of Darkness?

Essay Topic 2

Zane Gibbler owns the oil fields. How do Gibbler and his daughter Miranda use their power and influence in the community?

Essay Topic 3

Naomi and Muffy are next-door neighbors. What type of relationship do they have? How does Muffy serve as a role model for Naomi?

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