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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 does Kaitlin wait for in Chapter 19?

2. Who does Kaitlin see Allison Crutchfield speaking to in Chapter 20?

3. In her discussion in Chapter 28, what does Kaitlin reveal about her prayer?

4. What does Kaitlin ask her father about when they go walking in Chapter 18?

5. What does Kaitlin wonder about at the end of Chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the Malones talk about at dinner in Chapter 25?

2. In Chapter 29, what does Kaitlin tell Abby about her dinnertime prayer?

3. Why do The Bookends speak ill of Kaitlin to Bram? How does Bram react?

4. What does Kaitlin fail to do in Chapter 20?

5. Who does Kaitlin see talking in Chapter 20? What does she observe?

6. How does Bram react to learning Kaitlin's true identity?

7. In Chapter 19 why is Becky angry with Kaitlin?

8. Why does Kaitlin hesitate when it comes to exposing the Crutchfield family's schemes?

9. According to Garner, what happened on the night Robert Crutchfield died?

10. In Chapter 19 why does Bram want to go to his old family land?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the setting of the novel. What is the setting? How does it influence the plot?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of friendship in the novel Scribbler of Dreams. Is friendship important to Kaitlin? Who are her friends? How does she help her friends and how do they help her?

Essay Topic 3

How does Pearson use the feud between the Malones and the Crutchfields to move the plot along? Discuss the importance of the feud and the impact of it on the central characters in the novel.

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