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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 Papa eating as Lark prepares to go outside, carrying her sin notebook with her?

2. How long does Papa say Aunt Betty can stay with them?

3. What two words does Lark say have an ominous ring of finality?

4. What does Lark watch while Mrs. Stillman is talking to her guest?

5. What does Grandpa give Lark as she is about to board the train?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lark hear Mrs. Wheeler reveal to Mrs. Stillman?

2. Whom does Lark tell about the plans to begin building on a house and what does she say about it?

3. What are some of the ideas Mama, Aunt Betty, and Lark share about the new house while they're putting up the Christmas tree?

4. How does Christmas change for the family after the plans emerge to go to California?

5. What does Father Dalias say when Lark confesses that she's killed a baby?

6. Where does Lark think Mama and Aunt Betty are going, and what is later discovered about their real intentions?

7. What does Mama say about the war's effect on her business?

8. What does Aunt Betty say about suicide and how does that compare to what Papa says?

9. Describe the letter Hilly writes to Lark in which he talks about the book HEIDI.

10. How have the relationships between Beverly, Sally and Lark changed over the summer break?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the two main themes of this story? Give examples of each and explain their roles in the lives of the characters.

Essay Topic 2

Describe Lark's relationship with her father. How does it compare with her relationship with her mother?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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