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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 Jack do with the object he finds in the garden at the beginning of Chapter 4?

2. What is distracting Jack from realizing his father's condition as the two work on a project together?

3. What do the men deliver to Jack's house?

4. Who is upset about the delivery made to Jack's house?

5. Who has a serious talk with Jack at the beginning of Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when it is Jack's turn in the game he plays with his sisters on the night their parents argue in Chapter 1?

2. Describe the social life of Jack's family.

3. Who is present during Father's final heart attack and why is it initially unnoticed?

4. What birthday request does Jack make that gets denied by his mother?

5. What, specifically, do Jack and Julie do to provide Mother with an eternal resting place?

6. What does Julie tell Jack she imagines will happen between Father and Tom as Father's health declines?

7. What happens when Julie covers Mother's body with a sheet?

8. What was Jack doing and why does he run off at the end of Chapter 2?

9. Why is Tom tired of being a boy?

10. What does Mother talk to Jack about one morning when she awakens him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify and discuss three points of foreshadowing from the novel. Did the author use foreshadowing effectively? Why or why not? Define foreshadowing in your essay as well. What role does foreshadowing play in literature?

Essay Topic 2

Irony is the contrast between what is expected and what actually happens. There are three types of irony: verbal, situational, and dramatic. Identify and discuss two examples of irony in the book. Which type of irony is it? What is expected and what actually occurs with your examples?

Essay Topic 3

Name and define the five types of conflict. Which conflict prevailed in this novel? Select a different type of conflict and explain how the story would have differed under that particular type of conflict.

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