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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's mother tell her in Part I?

2. What is Ford convinced her mother will do if she thinks someone else has abused her?

3. In Chapter 6, what do Ford and her family collect and take to the bank?

4. How does Ford fracture her wrist?

5. In Chapter 11, what is the easiest way for a child to lose a seat at the adult table?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Grandma Billie react when Ford asks who her own father is in a photo?

2. What kind of relationship does Ford have with her brother R.C. when they are children?

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

4. In Chapter 10, what does Ford's grandfather do in front of her that horrifies her?

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

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

7. Why is Ford often afraid of her mother as a child?

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

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 mother's experience of stillbirth seem to change her? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

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.

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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