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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. One of Daisy's symptoms is what?

2. What is the newspaper editor's last name?

3. Chapter 8 begins with Daisy at what age?

4. The peddler said he could feel Daisy's what when she was born?

5. Much of what Daisy has left for her family is what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role does Pinky play in chapter six?

2. In what positive way is the image of stone used in chapter eight?

3. How does stone play a role in chapter ten?

4. Why do you think Daisy changed her mind and took Beverly in?

5. Who is Skoot Skutari and how does he relate to the story?

6. Describe how Alice decides to change the course of her life, in chapter seven, and what theme it continues.

7. How does Daisy seem to feel about dying?

8. What interesting thing does Daisy foresee her children learning about for the first time after she is gone?

9. What is the relationship between Daisy and Jay Dudley?

10. What seemingly strange behavior does Cuyler exhibit on the day of his death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Magnus Flett spends most of the book in the Orkney Islands, yet he seems to greatly influence Daisy. Using several examples from the book, describe, in detail, why you feel that Daisy is so greatly influenced by thoughts of, and later a visit to, Magnus Flett. Also, do you think Daisy feels closer to Magnus Flett than to her own father? If so, in what ways. If not, why not?

Essay Topic 2

Describe, in detail, two major life lessons that you learned from the story and how you might be able to apply them in your own life. Use examples from both the book and your life to support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

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

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