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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 did Tobias do to his own name that Avery finds out in Part II?

2. What does Jameson tell Avery is the only thing his grandfather left him and his brothers?

3. How does Grayson think Avery was put in the will?

4. How many Hawthorne brothers are there?

5. Who does Avery play chess with many mornings?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jameson's letter from Tobias consist almost entirely of?

2. What is Avery's first impression of Grayson Hawthorne?

3. What does Thea tell Avery about the Hawthorne brothers?

4. In Chapter 23, what is the first real thing Avery gets excited about at her new school?

5. In Chapter 4, what does Avery immediately think when she is called to the principal's office again?

6. What does Grayson tell Avery?

7. Why does Avery despise Drake, Libby's boyfriend?

8. What does Principal Altman accuse Avery of in Chapter 1, and how does she respond?

9. What is the only think Tobias Hawthorne writes to Avery in her letter?

10. In Chapter 24, why is the press interested in Max?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do all the Hawthornes seem to assume about Avery once they find out she has inherited all of Tobias Hawthorne's money and they have inherited almost none of it? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Barnes treat the topic of emotional and physical abuse between romantic partners in the early stages of this novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

When Avery finally finds out the truth about how Emily died, what does the reader learn about the Hawthorne brothers, their feud, and Emily herself? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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