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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 Camille recognize at the funeral?

2. What does Amma throw a tantrum over?

3. What subject did Adora tutor Ann in?

4. Where is Wind Gap?

5. What does Camille's partner at the search party tell her?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Camille describe her mother when she sees her for the first time in Chapter 2?

2. In Chapter 2, Camille goes to the Nash home. What characteristics stand out about the Nash family?

3. What does Adora reprimand Camille about in Chapter 3?

4. How does Camille describe Alan?

5. What does Camille see when she follows Amma in Chapter 7?

6. Who does Camille meet at Garrett Park in Chapter 4?

7. What is Bob Nash's reaction when Camille asks him about the incident with Ann and a neighbor's bird?

8. How does Camille describe her hospital stay for her self-mutilation?

9. What does Main Street of Wind Gap look like?

10. Who is Allen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the relationship between Camille and Detective Richard Willis. How are these characters similar and different? What draws them to one another and what, eventually, drives them apart?

Essay Topic 2

Select and analyze two of supporting and secondary characters in the text. What role do they serve in the text?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the relationship between Camille and John Keene. How are these characters similar and different? What draws them to one another?

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