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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. Why does Amanda have so many animals?

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

3. What injury does Amanda say she caused with her powers?

4. What does Amanda tell Esther she studies?

5. What caused David to dislike Molly at first?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the second ordeal?

4. What is the first ordeal?

5. Why is David seen as so mature for his age?

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

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

8. What does Blair say about Amanda, and why is this so surprising?

9. Why does Jeff have to go away for a while?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect that characters involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 2

What happened during the seance, and how did this change Amanda's ideas?

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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