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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 high school that Ian attends?

2. What story does Agatha tell Thomas when he complains that his mother didn't read to him before bed?

3. Who is the only person who knows how guilty Ian feels about Danny's death?

4. How does Danny describe Lucy when he brings her home for the first time?

5. Why does Lucy have no one to help her with her children?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the events surrounding Lucy's death.

2. How does Claudia try to help her mother?

3. How is Ian absorbing the reality of Danny's death?

4. What reasons does Bee give for why the Bedloe family is ordinary?

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

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

7. Why does Ian take a leave from absence from college to take care of Daphne, Thomas, and Agatha?

8. Why does Lucy visit the typewriter shop?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dreams play an important role in Saint Maybe by giving us insight into characters' thoughts and feelings. What dreams stand out in the story? What do they tell you about certain characters? Provide specific examples to support your viewpoint.

Essay Topic 2

Bee says "We've had such extraordinary troubles...and somehow they've turned us ordinary. That's what so hard to figure. We're not a special family anymore." Discuss how Bee saw her family as special before Danny's death, and why she believes they are ordinary afterwards. Do you agree or disagree with Bee's comment? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

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

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