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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. How does Ian help Gracie with her apartment in Chapter Five?

2. Where does Ian work the summer after Danny's death?

3. Why can't Bee take care of Lucy's children?

4. What does Agatha bring for sharing hour at camp that comes from her mother's jewelry box?

5. What does Doug think about being retired?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Danny and Lucy meet?

3. Why is Doug Bedloe bored with retirement?

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

5. Describe the events surrounding Lucy's death.

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

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

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

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

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

What kind of person is Rita? How does she influence the Bedloe household in positive ways? Does she help make the Bedloe family extraordinary again?

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

Analyze the importance of setting in the novel, particularly the Bedloe's home. How does the interior setting reflect the state of mind of the family? When the house gets messy and in disrepair, what is happening in the Bedloe's lives?

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