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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. At the end of Chapter Seven, what do the children say they want for Ian?

2. Who insists that Ian attend a Parent/Teacher conference?

3. What is Miss Pennington's first name?

4. What does Ian tell Reverend Emmett before the prayer meeting at the end of Chapter Eight?

5. Who has to pick up Daphne every day after school when she's sixteen?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Rita begins to bleed while she's at the bar, how does Daphne's boyfriend Curt take charge of the situation?

2. What does the Church of the Second Chance do when Reverend Emmett has a heart attack?

3. What does Ian discover when he visits Mrs. Millet?

4. How does Miss Pennington respond to Ian at the dinner party?

5. How does Ian respond to Reverend Emmett advice to "view your burden as a gift"?

6. What is the weather in the spring of 1988?

7. Why do the members of the Church of the Second Chance pitch in to paint Reverend Emmett's house?

8. Describe Eli Everjohn.

9. What condition is the sewing box in when Daphne and Agatha find it in the closet?

10. What kind of cradle does Ian build in Chapter Ten?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Daphne calls Ian Saint Maybe and Mr. Cautious. Explain how you see the truth of these labels in Ian's actions and demeanor. Do you think he changes as the story unfolds? Describe one experience later in the novel where he is not a Saint Maybe.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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