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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 name of the publication for whom the reporter in Chapter 8 writes?

2. Who saves Lee from Mrs. Stanchak in Chapter 8?

3. What reaction does Lee have at the end of the final chapel service in Chapter 8?

4. According to Lee on page 304, who would be excited about Lee’s involvement with Cross?

5. What is the name of Lee’s tutor in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. What warning does Dede give to Lee in Chapter 6? How does Lee feel about her words?

2. Who is Devin and what information does Lee learn from him in Chapter 8?

3. Who comes to visit Lee at the start of Chapter 8? What is Lee’s reaction to this visit?

4. What happens with the flowers on Valentine’s Day in Chapter 8? How does Lee react?

5. What is happening to Lee as Chapter 7 begins? At the same time, what is happening with Martha? How does Lee react?

6. Into what college is Lee accepted in Chapter 8? Where is she rejected?

7. What does Headmaster Byden tell Lee during their meeting in Chapter 8?

8. Who is Aubrey? What does the reader learn about him in Chapter 7?

9. How does Martha help Lee academically in Chapter 7? How does Martha feel about her deed?

10. According to Lee in Chapter 6, what information might have changed the way Dave saw Lee? Why does she think this?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the role of passivity to the novel? How is Lee a passive character? How does Lee’s passivity prevent her from engaging with others at Ault?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you compare and contrast the world of Ault with the world of South Bend, Indiana. How does Lee define the similarities and differences between her new world and her original one?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing how the author uses characters and behaviors to develop and strengthen the theme of loneliness.

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