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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. The morning after having sex with Sam, what does Sam do?

2. Does Hadley agree to Sam's request?

3. What does Sam believe about Jane?

4. What does Oliver yearn to do?

5. What happens after Jane's mother confronts her husband about abusing Jane, and he beats her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Sam's view of the sheep shearing incident?

2. What decisions do the adults make about finding Rebecca?

3. What happens when Jane tells her mother about her father's molestations?

4. What happens to Jane when her mother and father argue and her mother eventually leaves?

5. How does Hadley die?

6. How does Rebecca react to seeing the crash site?

7. What does Oliver do at the Blue Diner?

8. What takes place when Jane and Rebecca visit the Shedd Aquarium?

9. How does this scene become slightly awkward?

10. What advice does Joley give Jane? How does she respond?

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

Jane has two love interests.

Part 1) Who are her two love interests? Compare her two love interests.

Part 2) How does Jane find herself with two love interests? What are her thoughts about these two men? What are others' thoughts about these two men?

Part 3) How is her life affected by these two men? Can it ever go back to the way it was? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Contrasts exist throughout this story.

Part 1) Describe two contrasts from this story. How are they contrasting?

Part 2) What is the purpose of these contrasts? How do they enhance the story?

Part 3) How do these contrasts affect the characters and their relationships?

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