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Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Esther feel when she hears about the injury caused by Amanda's power?
2. What injury does Amanda say her powers once caused?
3. How is David related to Amanda?
4. Who argues about the test results?
5. How does David know Amanda was fighting with Molly before they got to the house?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Amanda's favorite new sibling, and why?
2. What is the first ordeal?
3. What does Janie do while they weed the garden?
4. How does Amanda get the younger children to help weed the garden?
5. What does Jeff ask of David the first morning Amanda is in their home?
6. Why does Amanda tell David that she prefers living with her father?
7. How did David come to accept his father's new marriage?
8. How do each of the children eat their dinner during the first ordeal?
9. Why is David seen as so mature for his age?
10. What does Amanda say about her animals?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Education and the importance of training is a constant theme in this book. Where does this theme appear, and which characters are most affected by it?
Essay Topic 2
David performed many acts of service for his family in this book that would not be expected of most children his age. What are some of the most significant examples of this service, and how did these events affects the characters involved in them?
Essay Topic 3
Despair was a theme that was placed in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of these places, and what role did despair play in this play?
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