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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 question leads to Janet leaving Tony?

2. What is the name of the cafe Ginny goes to with Helen?

3. What does Ginny turn onto Robert like?

4. Who does Ginny meet on the beach in Chapter 10?

5. What kind of investigation occurred fifteen years previously?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is it ironic that Ginny tells lies to get into the art gallery?

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

4. How does the author view the retirement years?

5. Why does Ginny think art is a disease?

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

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

8. How does Ginny persuade Joe to give her his jacket?

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

10. Why does Ginny feel a connection with Helen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Ginny's relationship with her father/ How does the relationship with her father change? Discuss whether you think her relationship with her father is stronger or weaker by the end of the book.

Essay Topic 2

What do the students think is Ginny's future? What suggestions are there in the book that her life will develop in this way?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the book's dialogue. How does the author's dialogue contribute to the following areas?

1. Character

2. Setting

3. Plot

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