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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. Who tells Thomas that he cannot look in his mother's jewelry box because he can't keep secrets?

2. Who is Ian's girlfriend since ninth grade?

3. What is Waverly Street?

4. What does Mrs. Myrdal say she caught Lucy shoplifting during one of their excursions together?

5. Whom does Ian invite to the Church of the Second Chance's picnic?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Lucy visit the typewriter shop?

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

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

4. What is the setting for the Church's indoor picnic?

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

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

7. What does "difficult ages" mean to Bee and why do they have their own table at family celebrations?

8. Describe Waverly Street.

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

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

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

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

Discuss the significance of the airmailed bowling ball. Why do you think Lucy spends so much time making her decision to send it express? What is the significance of Danny's reaction to her choice to send it airmail?

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