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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. Where has Daisy been living, since her husband died?

2. What is the name of the town that Daisy's parents live in at the start of the book?

3. Daisy decides to take a trip where?

4. Besides Daisy's father and a neighbor, who else witnesses Daisy's birth?

5. Barker sends Daisy how much money?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why might Daisy have not described the first eleven years of her life?

2. Describe the circumstances surrounding Daisy's birth.

3. How do you feel about the layout of the book so far, particularly the large time gaps between chapters?

4. Has Magnus Flett forgiven his late wife in chapter three? What actions of Magnus' support that opinion?

5. How do Daisy's various illnesses influence her?

6. Describe Cuyler's attitude toward stone and sculptures.

7. What was Mercy's background?

8. Describe Daisy's change of residence when she turns eleven.

9. What do you think the purpose of Magnus Flett's trip to the Orkney Islands was, and did he fulfill that purpose?

10. Should Cuyler have married his second wife, Maria?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose any one of the following characters from the story and explain their role in the book. When and how were they introduced? How did they evolve as the story progressed? Also, what, if anything, do you think they symbolize and why? Be sure to use several examples from the book to support your answers.

Beans

Fraidy

Pinky

Harold

Jay

Essay Topic 2

Choose any one of the following characters and explain, using several details from the story, what psychological problems they suffer from. Also, explain how they each deal with their problems and whether or not you agree with their methods, as well as your reason for agreeing or disagreeing with them.

Cuyler

Mercy

Barker

Harold

Essay Topic 3

It's clear that Daisy's imagination plays a key role in the story. Choose any portion of the book that you feel was mostly built on Daisy's own imaginings and describe why you feel that way. Then, describe how you feel that part of the book might have actually happened, without Daisy's embellishments. Also, using an example from your own life, explain how you think embellishing a situation or "spinning the facts" can be good or bad.

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