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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. Where did Danny and Lucy first meet?

2. How do the children at the Church Day Camp feel about Sister Audrey?

3. When Ian arrives home from college for Lucy's funeral, what does Bee do the first night he is home?

4. What does Ian envy about the man he meets on his job who is installing cabinets?

5. At the beginning of Chapter Three, what is Ian watching through a microscope in science class?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Lucy taking pills and sleeping all the time?

2. Explain Ian's reasons for sending the children to Second Chance Day Camp.

3. Describe Waverly Street.

4. Do Agatha and Thomas like Ian? Why or why not?

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

6. Why does Agatha hide Lucy's important papers in the jewelry box?

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

8. Describe Ian Bedloe when he was still in high school.

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

10. How does the Bedloe family react to Lucy when they first meet her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What specific details are used to describe Ariana Pennington? What is it about her that makes the children believe she would be a perfect wife for Ian? Why does Ian seem uninterested?

Essay Topic 2

Explain Doug Bedloe's role in the family. Do you think he is a character who sits on the sidelines of his family's life? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Ian describes Daphne as a fierce little girl who had to fend for herself as a child. Discuss how this is reflected in Daphne's desire to take chances and live fully as a young woman.

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