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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 Marco call the hat Lucy puts out for tips when she plays?

2. What were Henry Sr. and Martina and the man with them wearing when they were found deceased in their home?

3. Where did Dido live before she moved back to England?

4. What do the little tags say that Jordan ties onto his canvas bags and glass phials?

5. How old were the narrator and his sister when the baby arrived in the Prologue?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Phin say that his family had to leave Brittany?

2. What does Lucy tell Marco when he questions her decision to go to see his father alone?

3. What does Miller Roe tell Libby about writing the article about Cheyne Walk?

4. What does Libby receive in the mail in Chapter 1?

5. Why did Lucy leave Blue House?

6. Why does Miller think it is not a homeless person staying at Cheyne Walk?

7. What happens after it is learned that Birdie and David are having an affair?

8. What is the situation for Lucy and her children in Chapter 2?

9. What does Phineas tell Henry about his parents moving out?

10. Why does Lucy avert her gaze from the foot of the stone staircase in Michael's house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A character arc is the inner journey of a character in a book. What is Libby’s character arc, and what situations influence her growth and transformation?

Essay Topic 2

Birdie and Justin stay with the Lambs. Why does Henry think that Birdie and Justin have manipulated his mother into allowing them to stay?

Essay Topic 3

Lucy and Michael were once married and have been divorced for ten years. What type of relationship has Lucy had with Michael? Why is she reluctant to ask him for help when she is homeless?

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