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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a child in the airport ask May to do in Part I?
(a) Buy her a candy.
(b) Buy her a dog.
(c) Move so she can get a drink.
(d) Read to her.

2. What did May give her mother the first year she was in her room at Christmas?
(a) Holly.
(b) Egg nog.
(c) Misletoe.
(d) Reindeer moss.

3. What did May's mother always used to love at Christmas?
(a) The town tree lit up
(b) The red velvet coat she wore.
(c) The candles in the windows.
(d) The songs.

4. What does May tell Leo grows well in hanging baskets?
(a) Fuschias.
(b) Annuals.
(c) Ficuses.
(d) Perennials.

5. What is May's last name?
(a) Henries.
(b) Robeson.
(c) Attaway.
(d) Richards.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lindy say she remembers about May's house compared to her own?

2. Where does the crack willow grow well?

3. What does May wonder watching Lindy do things in her house?

4. What tree does May plant a clipping from at her job?

5. What flower does May's father try to keep alive for many years?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is May's job and how does she feel about it?

2. Who is Leo and what does May think of him?

3. What tragic figure from early literature does May recall who had no friends?

4. What kind of relationships does May have with her neighbors?

5. What does May think of Lindy's life and situation?

6. Who was Amber Dwight?

7. What good memory does May mull over of time with her mother in Part II?

8. What idea for visiting does May run by Sue?

9. What dream does Sue confide to May about?

10. Who does May live with?

(see the answer keys)

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