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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 Chapter 18, on what day of the week does Alice realize that Margery is pregnant?

2. In Chapter 23, what song does Izzy sing on the steps of the courthouse?

3. How many cells does the Baileyville jail have?

4. When do Sven and Margery marry?

5. When does Verna say was the last time she saw her father?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Sven and Margery's wedding like?

2. How and when does Alice realize that Margery is pregnant?

3. How are some people responding to Margery's arrest in Chapter 20?

4. Why do Mr. and Mrs. Brady fight at the end of Chapter 17?

5. What does Bennett tell Alice in Chapter 24 and why?

6. In Chapter 17, what does Alice want after she changes into dry clothes at Fred's?

7. How does it rain in Chapter 16?

8. Why does Sophia tell Margery that she needs to get married?

9. In Chapter 26, where does Alice go before the trial begins and what does she take with her?

10. In Chapter 16, where does Fred send Izzy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Margery is put on trial for McCullough’s death. Is she presumed to be innocent or guilty? How solid is the evidence that McCullough was murdered? Does it seem possible as the trial beings that Margery will receive a fair and just trial?

Essay Topic 2

Conflicts between characters are often caused by a problem. What are some conflicts that occur in the novel? Are the conflicts in the book mostly man vs. man, man vs. nature, or man vs. self? Are they internal or external conflicts?

Essay Topic 3

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in The Giver of Stars? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

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