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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 22, what was the name of Jack's brother?

2. In Part 3, Chapter 29, what was Birdie's real name?

3. In Part 2, Chapter 20, what color hair did Tip say that Birdie had?

4. What happened to the Radcliffe Blue at the end of Part 4, Chapter 32?

5. In Part 2, VIII, who drowned the day that Ada fell into the river?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part 2, Chapter 21, who did Juliet and the children meet at Mrs. Hammett's, and what is she doing?

2. In Part 2, IX, what did Edward give Bridie for her birthday?

3. In Part 4, XII, does Birdie wish to be released from the house?

4. In Part 2, VIII, what did Birdie share with Edward when she posed for the second portrait?

5. In Part 2, Chapter 18, what did Mrs. Hammett send Juliet and her children when they arrived to stay at Birchwood Manor?

6. In Part 2, VIII, what did Ada say about the experience when she nearly drowned?

7. In Part 4, Chapter 31, how did Tip get the Radcliffe Blue, and what did he do with it?

8. In Part 4, Chapter 30, what does Elodie tell Jack about Alastair and their approaching marriage?

9. In Part 3, Chapter 27, what did Edward want Lucy to do with the house he left to her?

10. In Part 4, Chapter 32, why did Juliet return to Birchwood in 1962?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Birdie meets Pale Joe when she is escaping the police. How does a friendship develop between them? Why is it an unlikely friendship? How does the friendship change Joe’s life?

Essay Topic 2

The novel is told from alternating points of view. How does the novel shift from first person to third person? How does the shift help readers discover other characters and their lives? How does the alternating point of view influence the story and what readers know about events and characters?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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