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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 do Ginny and Rhiannon cycle to?

2. What does Rhiannon say Ginny is a child of?

3. What does Harry often throw absentmindedly into his mouth?

4. What kind of girls did Ginny's grandparents say should not sit on floors?

5. What composer does Ginny listen to while talking to her father?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dafydd say happened on the bridge?

2. What does Andy say about Joe Chicago?

3. What did Helen tell Rhiannon on the phone?

4. What does Ginny know about Glynn Williams?

5. Why does Ginny call Robert a white cuckoo?

6. What frustrations does Ginny vent when she goes on a walk with Wendy?

7. What problem does Helen have with her father?

8. Why does Andy say he got the sack from the Castle restaurant?

9. How does the author describe Andy?

10. Why does Ginny think Joe was sent to prison?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Ginny remember about her childhood? How have these events from Ginny's childhood affected her? How does Ginny recover from the traumas of her early years?

Essay Topic 2

Compare Ginny's character to the person she was at the beginning of the book to who she is at the end.

1. What did Ginny hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes her ideas about life?

3. How has Ginny's character changed by the end of the story?

Essay Topic 3

What influence have the following people had on Ginny's life?

1. Her father.

2. Her mother.

3. Andy.

4. Rhiannon.

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