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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 Hadley do with Rebecca when she arrives at his mother's home?

2. Does Joseph Tall Neck believe Jane's story?

3. When Jane stained the oak door to Oliver's office, why did she shriek?

4. What does Sam use to maintain a more natural environment?

5. When the truck stops at a roadside diner, what does Earl attempt to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Joley write in his letter to Jane at Fishtrap, Montana?

3. How do Jane and Rebecca get $400?

4. Why do Sam, Hadley, and Joley tell stupid jokes?

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

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 Sam and Jane finally become civil toward one another?

9. How does Oliver learn about where his wife and daughter are headed?

10. What happens when Rebecca arrives at the Spregg home?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At the end of the book, Jane and Rebecca leave with some apples from the orchard.

Part 1) How do they end up with apples in their vehicle? How do they feel about this? Why?

Part 2) What do these apples symbolize? How do you know this?

Part 3) What might these apples signify about Jane and Rebecca's lives after the story ends? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Rebecca's chapters are told in reverse chronological order.

Part 1) Describe the story that is told throughout Rebecca's chapters.

Part 2) Why are her chapters in reverse chronological order? How does this affect the telling of this story?

Part 3) One chapter breaks from this pattern. Describe this chapter. Why does it break with the reverse chronology? How does this affect the chapters prior to and after this chapter?

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