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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 many women in the Vermont House favored the passage of the 1931 sterilization bill?

2. Who looks like Lia?

3. Who is Ruby talking to in her sleep after her heart attack?

4. What is another word that the townspeople called Abenaki?

5. Who takes care of moving Cissy and her baby's grave?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the murder case of Cissy Pike get Eli thinking about? How does her death relate to him?

2. What are Cissy's father's views of Genocide?

3. What does Az mean when he tells Meredith that he will share and be at the Pike property when she is there?

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

5. How does Az view age?

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

7. What excuse does Spencer give about his wife and child's burial?

8. Why does Ruby throw the card game with Ross?

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

10. What did Eli's mom mean by "passing?"

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is the ending of "Second Glance" hopeful? How do you see these lives all connected by the tragedy of Cissy?

Essay Topic 2

How is trial evidence added to the story? Do you like the way the author connected the evidence and facts with the information gathered by the ghost hunter?

Essay Topic 3

Spencer says in the novel that some women are meant to change the world and others are meant to hold it together. What does he mean by this? What does this say about his views toward women?

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