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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. What does Ginny decide to return to Joe Chicago?

2. Who does Ginny say is the one who wants the jacket?

3. What is the name of the ancient church that Robert and Ginny walk past?

4. What does Helen give Ginny to help her see in the dark?

5. Who opens the door of their grandparents' house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ginny get angry when she goes to see Helen?

2. What do Robert and Ginny find out from their Grandparents in this section?

3. What major turning point happens at the end of this section?

4. What does Ginny's Grandma think about Ginny's mother?

5. Why can't Ginny feel anger towards her father?

6. How does Ginny's mother react when they meet?

7. What does Ginny's father tell her about his own childhood?

8. How does the author view the retirement years?

9. What does Ginny think Joe's jacket means?

10. What does Joe tell Ginny about her father?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does it affect both Robert and Ginny when they hear their Grandparents are racist? In what way does it show the difference between Ginny and Robert? What kind of environment would Ginny's Grandparents been brought up in to have such beliefs?

Essay Topic 2

What do the childhood flashbacks say about Ginny's childhood? How did her childhood effect her? How do Ginny's childhood shape her as a person?

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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