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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 Ford often do in Chapter 1 to help calm and comfort herself?

2. Who is Ford's father's closest brother?

3. Who tells Ford the family used to call her "Stagger Lee" when she was a child?

4. What does Ford see in church and wonder about with her grandmother?

5. In Chapter 5, what does Ford's mother do to her that is painful?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ford remember the process of having her hair relaxed in Chapter 5?

2. Why does Ford become so fixated on seeing the sunrise for the first time?

3. What does Ford's grandmother tell her about the snakes that fold tighter together as they burn?

4. What does Ford's mother become obsessed with regarding her children in Chapter 9?

5. What does Ford overhear her mother saying about what she would do if someone hurt her kids?

6. Why does Ford suspect her mother stays with Allen?

7. What happens after Mrs. York calls Ford's mother to tell her she was mistaken that Ford was saying inappropriate things at school?

8. What does Ford do late at night to help her sleep in Chapter 8?

9. What news does Ford's mother deliver to her in Chapter 1 that shocks Ford?

10. What does Ford's mother do when she hears from Ford's teacher Mrs. York that Ford has said inappropriate things in school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

After her break-up with Brett, what are some of Ford's major emotional challenges through her college years and her young adult life afterwards? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Why is Ford so determined, as a young girl, to witness the sunrise for the first time, and what does the sunrise symbolize for her at the time in her life? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does Ford find out what her father is in prison for, and how does this revelation affect her impression of him? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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