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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 family member of Henry Porteous' attended Mrs. Beidecker's school?

2. How many times a week did Bennett play baseball in Chapter 6?

3. In Chapter 12, how much money does Van Cleve send with a note telling Alice to come back?

4. In Chapter 2, whose horse bolted when old man Vance tooted his horn?

5. What did Mr. Van Cleve drink after a town meeting in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the first memory Margery had?

2. In Chapter 1, what happened that made Alice's parents keep her indoors?

3. How did Alice persuade her father-in-law that she should help with the traveling library in Chapter 2?

4. What are some gifts that the librarians get for Christmas?

5. In Chapter 13, what does Van Cleve do to hurt Margery?

6. In Chapter 12, who steps up to help the librarians and why?

7. What does Alice take to the Horner girls in Chapter 11, and what does she get in return?

8. In Chapter 15 when Alice will not return to Bennett, what does Van Cleve do?

9. Why was a town meeting held in Chapter 8?

10. In Chapter 9, why did Alice sleep in the dressing room?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How can the atmosphere in the town be described before and during the trial? What type of newspaper reporting is there? What type of gossip and information is circulated before and during the trial? How is the trial based upon sensationalism?

Essay Topic 2

Van Cleve is a wealthy mine owner. What type of person is Van Cleve? What power does he have? How does he misuse the power that he has?

Essay Topic 3

How does the author use flashbacks in The Giver of Stars? How does the author’s choice to use flashback affect the plot?

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