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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 does Lucy die from?

2. Who says, "It's the people who don't know the answers who are going to heaven, I tell you"?

3. What story does Ian read to Agatha and Thomas at the Bedloe house after Lucy has died?

4. Who stays at Claudia's birthday party for only a few minutes before leaving with some friends from college?

5. Where did Agatha and Thomas live with their biological father?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Doug get involved with the foreigners on Waverly Street?

2. What happens when Lucy calls Mr. Rumford's house?

3. Why are all the kids at Camp Second Chance terrified of Sister Audrey?

4. Explain how Agatha tries to care for her baby sister, Daphne.

5. What does Grandma Bedloe find when she and Ian arrive with a basketful of food?

6. How does Agatha try to comfort Thomas?

7. What does Doug Bedloe do to find Agatha and Thomas' father?

8. How did Danny and Lucy meet?

9. How does Ian show himself to be a hero at the Church of the Second Chance indoor picnic?

10. How does Ian end up taking care of the children when he comes home for Lucy's funeral?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What kind of person is Agatha? Do you think she had a difficult life, and how did her life shape her as a person?

Essay Topic 2

Did Ian make the wrong choice to tell Danny his suspicions about Lucy? How does he avoid interfering in people's lives after Danny's death?

Essay Topic 3

Describe several instances of the way humor is used in Saint Maybe. Does Anne Tyler use humor effectively? Why or why not?

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