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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 type of bicycle does Aubrey remember she had when her dad taught her how to ride a bike?

2. What does Archer bring when he comes to see Allison getting ready for the gala in July of 1996?

3. When Jonah takes Milly out on the balcony at the gala, how many glasses of champagne does she think she might have had?

4. In Chapter 21, who gives the girls a ride to where Archer and Jonah are staying?

5. In Chapter 11, when does Archer say that he met Edward Franklin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What slips out of Aubrey's pocket in Chapter 22?

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

3. How does Aubrey decide on a dress for the gala?

4. What happens when Jonah and Milly are on the balcony?

5. What is learned from a medical report Hazel brings over in Chapter 24 and what speculations are made about the information?

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

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

8. How does Allison lose the baby?

9. How does Aubrey's visit with Mildred go?

10. What does Hazel bring to Archer's when she comes over in Chapter 19?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What, historically, has been the Story family's relationship to forgiveness? What does Archer say about for forgiveness to Milly?

Essay Topic 2

How long has Allison’s father been deceased in 1996? What does Allison feel now that he is gone? What do her feelings reveal about grief?

Essay Topic 3

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How does the author use idioms in the book? Why are the idioms sometimes difficult to understand? Why do the idioms often require research to understand their meaning?

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