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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. Does Oliver believe that Jane will take Rebecca out of the country by plane?

2. When their mother found Joley in Jane's room one morning what did she do?

3. Emotionally repressed Oliver attempts to get back to work by doing what?

4. How does Joley repay Jane, who rescued him from jail and kept in touch with him during his years of wanderlust?

5. The morning after having sex with Joellen, Sam stands near the barn thinking about what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Joley write in his second letter to Jane?

2. What has become of Oliver and Jane's marriage?

3. How are Jane and Rebecca's role reversed?

4. Why does Oliver think he has to intercept Jane and Rebecca before they reach Joley?

5. What takes place during Sam and Joley's conversation?

6. Where do Oliver and Jane long to be?

7. Describe the story Jane tells about being ten and goose hunting with her father.

8. How do Jane and Rebecca celebrate Rebecca's fifteenth birthday?

9. Where does Jane go after the plane crash? What takes place here?

10. What happens after Jane and Rebecca speed past Ernie Barb?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author builds dislike for Oliver.

Part 1) How does the author build dislike for Oliver? Why does she build this dislike?

Part 2) How does this add contrast to the story? How does this contrast affect the story?

Part 3) How does the author, later in the book, show depth in this character? How does this building up of dislike add to the depth of the character?

Essay Topic 2

Parallel relationships and events can be found in this story.

Part 1) Describe two parallel relationships and/or events.

Part 2) What is the reason these parallels exist? What is the author's reason for this?

Part 3) How does the reader learn about the various characters through these parallels? How do these parallels affect the relationships between the characters?

Essay Topic 3

Rebecca hitchhikes to Sand Castle Lane and spends a night with Hadley on Mt. Deception.

Part 1) Why does she hitchhike here? Through what difficulties must she go to get to Sand Castle Lane? Why does she do this?

Part 2) What is the significance of the name Sand Castle Lane?

Part 3) The relationship between Hadley and Rebecca ends on Mt. Deception. What is the significance of this mountain's name? What connection does the name have with events in the story?

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