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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 does Ginny meet at the beginning of this section?

2. What is the name of the art gallery owner?

3. What is the title of Chapter 12?

4. What does Grandma say Ginny's mother used to steal Tony away from Janet?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Ginny want to deal with Joe Chicago?

3. Why does Ginny think art is a disease?

4. What does Ginny find out about Joe Chicago in this section?

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

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

7. Why does Ginny feel a connection with Helen?

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

9. What important information does Ginny find out in a magazine?

10. In what way is Ginny starting to think like an adult?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 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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