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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. Who did Helen ask after?

2. What kind of car does Stuart drive?

3. What does Ginny usually do after preparing supper?

4. What kind of fish does Carlos give Andy to take away with him?

5. Who tells Ginny the story about the bridge?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ginny know about social workers?

2. What did Ginny think a death bed was as a child?

3. Why is the bridge newer than the rest of the road?

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

5. Why does Ginny work so hard at French?

6. What does Ginny know about Glynn Williams?

7. What does Andy say he identifies as?

8. Why did Ginny think the people at her school were stupid?

9. What did Helen tell Rhiannon on the phone?

10. What is Ginny's job at the Yacht Club?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Ginny develop as an artist? What major events happen in this story that change Ginny's mind about what art means?

Essay Topic 2

How does Ginny use art to cope with her problems? How does Ginny's idea art develop through the book and what does this symbolize in terms of her own character and what she has learned?

Essay Topic 3

How does the author represent teenage years and its problems? How does the author change his representation to fit the story? What tone does the representation give the story?

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