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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. In Part 2, Chapter 15, where was Tom buried?

2. In Part 2, Chapter 11, where did Ada keep a kitten at Miss Radcliffe's school?

3. In Part 2, Chapter 10, how old was Ada when she was left at Lucy Radcliffe's school?

4. In Part 1, Chapter 7, what type of flowers grown on a path that leads to the back garden of Tip's building?

5. In Part 2, VI, what does Birdie say Leonard was when he arrived at Birchwood Manor?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part 2, Chapter 12, what did Charlotte and May do to Ada after the end-of-summer-concert?

2. In Part 1, Chapter 2, who was Elodie's mother, and how did she die?

3. In Part 1, Chapter 8, what does Elodie learn about the woman in the photograph from the box she found at work?

4. In Part 2, Chapter 10, how did Ada Lovegrove come to Birchwood Manor?

5. In Part 1, Chapter 7, what is Columbia Road like?

6. In Part 2, Chapter 13, how did Leonard describe his brother, Tom?

7. In Part 2, Chapter 15, where did Leonard meet Lucy Radcliffe?

8. In Part 2, VI, why is Birdie not able to touch the sketchbook that Elodie's brings to Birchwood Manor?

9. In Part 1, Chapter 1, what photographs does Elodie find in a box of old things?

10. In Part 1, Chapter 9, what did the pendant look like that many believed that Edward's model, Lily Millington had stole?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Leonard struggles to deal with his brother’s death. What was the relationship between Leonard and his brother? How did his brother's death affect him? In what way did the loss of Leonard’s brother influence him for the rest of his life?

Essay Topic 2

Mrs. Berry shares her love story with Elodie. What does Mrs. Birdie tell Elodie about meeting her husband and the life they had? What does she want Elodie to learn from the story? How does love destroy Edward? How does love affect Elodie’s father after her mother dies? What does Elodie realize about love and her relationship with Alastair? What does the author communicate about love through various characters?

Essay Topic 3

Edward gives Birdie a clock for her 18th birthday. What was Birdie’s father’s occupation? Why are clocks important to her? What does it mean for Edward to give her the clock? How is the clock a symbol of Birdie’s identity?

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