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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 is the skill Beverly has that she shares with Lark?

2. What is the errand on which Mr. McPhee takes Lark?

3. How does Mama say they'll get money for a house?

4. What skill does Mama say she's going to learn in order to find a job?

5. What is the event for which Lark sells tickets?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of what Lark tells Mama while Lark is pretending to be Mrs. Brown?

2. What is the problem with Lark's hair on the day after the poker game? What does she fear will be the outcome of that problem?

3. Where does Mama tell Lark the baby has gone? Where does Lark believe it's gone? Why does Mama slap Lark?

4. How is the laundry done while Mama and Lark are visiting Aunt Betty?

5. What is Lark's attitude about becoming an adult and why?

6. What makes Stella Wheeler cry during the picnic?

7. Describe the Cape Ann.

8. What is the basic information included in the letter Lark finds from Earl Samson to Bill?

9. What touches are added to the depot room in an effort to make it more like home?

10. Briefly describe what Lark observes and fells during the funeral.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the significance of the pretty lady on the train who never introduces herself to Lark? What does Lark imagine about the lady? Why?

Essay Topic 2

List the jobs held by at least five of the characters of the story. How are the jobs similar? Different? What does each say about the personalities of the characters?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Lark come to believe she's responsible for the death of Marjorie Ann? How does she come to know she's not? How do the two pieces of knowledge affect her?

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