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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. How tall is the gate that leads to Catmint House?

2. In Chapter 12, what is the name of the employee that Jonah's father has to let go?

3. What type of vehicle does Rob drive Archer and the cousins to his house in?

4. For how many minutes does Allison brush her teeth after the pregnancy test is positive?

5. In 1996, what type of vehicle does Adam drive?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Allison plan to shoplift from the pharmacy, and who catches her?

2. Why is Anders the only one that Allison can talk to about her fear of being pregnant?

3. What does Donald Camden tell Aubrey and Milly when they meet with him in Chapter 19?

4. What had Milly thought would happen when she met her grandmother, and what does she think of their meeting at brunch?

5. What does Milly like about the dress that she wears for the gala?

6. What news is there about Jonah's parents' business in Chapter 12?

7. In Chapter 11, why does Fred Baxter write Archer?

8. Where do the cousins go when they are early for the funeral and what do they do there?

9. What is Mildred wearing when the cousins come over for brunch?

10. How does Allison lose the baby?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Aubrey has always worked to please her father. Why has Aubrey always worked to please her father? How does their relationship change and why? Why does Aubrey come to the conclusion that her father does not deserve her efforts to please him?

Essay Topic 2

The author uses backstories, exposition, and flashbacks to reveal information about events that happened before the story begins. How does the author use backstories, exposition, and flashbacks to reveal information about the past in The Cousins?

Essay Topic 3

Milly makes a comment to Aubrey that the "Story family is seriously messed up" (109). Why does Milly make that comment? What do other characters say about the family and whether it is normal or abnormal? Is the family eccentric of dysfunctional?

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