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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 Rebecca do to stay warm?

2. After a bi-plane flies overhead, what does Oliver reason?

3. When Joley asked Jane why she wanted to marry Oliver, what was Jane's response?

4. Why does Emily invite Sam to a party?

5. Why does Joley believe that Rebecca was spared?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do Oliver and Jane long to be?

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

3. Why does Joley not want Jane to send Rebecca back to Oliver?

4. How does Jane feel about her father's death?

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

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

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

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

9. How do Jane and Rebecca get $400?

10. Why does Joley help Jane?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are references to Adam and Eve and the Garden of Eden.

Part 1) When is there reference to Adam and Eve and the Garden of Eden? Is this reference direct or indirect? Explain.

Part 2) What is the purpose of this reference? How does it affect the rest of the story?

Part 3) What message is sent to the audience through this reference? Must one have knowledge of this Biblical story to fully understand this novel? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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