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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 year was it in Chapter 1?

2. What was the name of the cook in Chapter 12?

3. How much younger was Evelyn than Joan?

4. In Chapter 17, where is Paul when Evie wakes?

5. In what class did Evie meet her husband?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Kitty and Ogden have the house on Crockett Island fixed up?

2. What happened at the end of Chapter 1?

3. When was Paul introduced to stumble stones, and what are they?

4. In Chapter 3, where did Kitty go in the days after Neddy's death?

5. In Chapter 5, what would Gerhard and Elsa do in Chapter 5?

6. Where did Ogden and Kitty live in Chapter 15?

7. How did Evelyn and Dickie's relationship unfold?

8. What did Elsa want Kitty to take?

9. In Chapter 7, what picture does Evie have of her grandparents?

10. What were the Milton children going to do in Chapter 13?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ogden’s father took him to visit the Erie Canal when he was a boy. What did Ogden learn when he was there? What principle did he learn that became a guideline by which he lived his life?

Essay Topic 2

Joan took a job as a typist for a book publisher. Why was it unusual for a woman in Joan’s position to have a job, and what barriers was she pushing against? What barriers was her publisher trying to break through? What is communicated about breaking barriers through her job?

Essay Topic 3

Joan had seizures. What were some words that were used to describe her seizures? What limitations was it thought that her seizures put upon her? What is revealed about attitudes toward epilepsy through Joan’s experiences?

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