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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 tall is Rita?

2. What is Agatha studying in college?

3. What relationship does Daphne plan for Miss Pennington in Chapter Seven?

4. Who is not the type to carry a grudge, even when Agatha, Thomas, and Daphne have misbehaved with company?

5. How does Stuart divert Rita so she'll stay seated and not go into the kitchen to cook on Christmas Day?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ian think Daphne reminds him of Lucy?

2. Describe Eli Everjohn.

3. Why does Agatha ask her siblings "What's happened to Ian?"

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

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

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

7. What is the significance of Rita's choice of black-eyed peas and rice for Christmas Eve dinner?

8. Describe Ian's uneasiness with Daphne and Gideon's relationship.

9. Why do the children think that Ian needs a wife?

10. Describe Daphne's dream that she tells her family and guests at the dinner party.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify two characters outside of the Bedloe family who have an important impact on them. How do these characters change the family in significant ways?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

How does Ian feel about Daphne? Is he closer to her than to Agatha and Thomas? Why or why not?

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