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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 is the second ordeal?

2. How does Amanda ask David for help when she gets to the house?

3. Why did Jeff marry Molly?

4. How does Amanda speak when she talks about her animals?

5. Which of these is NOT an animal Amanda has?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Blair tell David about Rolor, and what does this indicate?

2. What does Amanda realize about the Stanley children when she tests them?

3. What surprises Amanda about the Stanley children during the second ordeal?

4. Why is Amanda so upset when she hears there are no cemeteries nearby?

5. How is David motivated by his mother with his situation with Amanda?

6. How does Amanda get the younger children to help weed the garden?

7. What does Janie do while they weed the garden?

8. How do each of the children eat their dinner during the first ordeal?

9. What does Jeff ask of David the first morning Amanda is in their home?

10. What does Amanda try to always be to keep up her appearance?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was the significance of the title of the book, and what role did it play in the plot of the book?

Essay Topic 2

Comic relief was a literary tool used well by Zilpha Keatley Snyder in this book. What are some of the key examples of this, and how did these scenes affect the plot of the book?

Essay Topic 3

Which character did you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How did this character change throughout the book?

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