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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. What does Ruby insist her granddaughter do with Ross?

2. What was Cissy's baby buried in?

3. Who's name does Ross carve into his arm?

4. How does Az kill himself?

5. What does Ross believe about past lives?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Az's confession a true confession?

2. What is significance of Canadian toddler who fell asleep in snow?

3. How does Az view age?

4. Why does Ruby continue to lie to Ross about Cissy's baby?

5. How does Eli discover how Cissy died?

6. How does Ross explain to Eli how much he loves Lia?

7. How does Ethan explain to Lucy about ghosts?

8. Who are the Abenaki named for? What does Az wonder about their name?

9. What does the baby poop prove?

10. Who is Ruby referring to when she talks about someone she knew who was a sleepwalker?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the descriptions from Spencer's lecture about African Americans? What does he say about the Missing Link? How were you surprised by the information in his lectures? Do you think these were real thoughts and ideas? What would this be thought of as today?

Essay Topic 2

How does Ross know about Meredith's car accident? Is it the same as his?

Essay Topic 3

What does it mean when Eli's mother talked to him about "passing?" From the information in the novel, can you tell what this was? What was his mother trying to do? What price do you think Eli paid for his mother's beliefs? Was he also protected by her beliefs? How?

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