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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 is Ford's kindergarten teacher?

2. What happens to Ford on New Year's Eve in Chapter 11?

3. What does Ford find in her grandmother's bedroom right before Christmas one year?

4. Who does Ford live with for a time in Chapter 7?

5. When did Ford's nightmares begin to intensify, as she recalls in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Ford go to live with her grandmother in Chapter 7?

3. How does Ford remember the incident in Chapter 5 when her mother's boyfriend injures her accidentally?

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

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

6. What does Ford often do in Chapter 1 as a way to both calm herself and demonstrate love for her partner?

7. How does Ford remember life on her great-grandfather's farm in Missouri?

8. How does Ford remember Grandma Billie's appearance when she was a child?

9. How does Ford feel about going back to live with her mother after being on her great-grandfather's farm?

10. How does Ford react to the news about her father in Chapter 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Ford's time at her great-grandfather's farmhouse in Missouri shape her relationship with her Grandma Billie and her own mother afterwards? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What is Ford's mother's particular obsession with the safety of her children, and how does this obsession change or shape Ford's adolescence? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How do Ford's letters between herself and her father while he is in prison shape her overall opinion of him and relationship with him? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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