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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. In Chapter 6, what does Simon Shumsky bring from his mother?

2. In Chapter 1, when does Auntie say that Maren and Clara came to her?

3. In Chapter 4, when does Clara think that Scarff and O'Neill return?

4. What does Simon invite Maren to attend in Chapter 6?

5. In Chapter 9, how many eggs does Clara collect from the chickens?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who cursed Scarff and Verity and why?

2. In Chapter 3, how does Scarff remember that O'Neill came to travel with him?

3. In Chapter 1, how is Maren changing?

4. In Chapter 7, what do Maren and Clara do after breakfast on Christmas morning?

5. In Chapter 12, who peeks into the window at Verity's home and what does he see?

6. In Chapter 4, what happens when Maren tells Simon that she wants a pair of gloves at the medicine show?

7. In Chapter 12, why does Clara scold O'Neill for promising Osbert licorice lozenges?

8. How did Clara and Maren come to Auntie?

9. In Chapter 9, how does O'Neill send a message and what news does he send?

10. How does Clara describe the caravan that Scarff and O'Neill travel with?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Clara notices that O’Neill pays special attention to Maren. How does Clara feel about O’Neill? How does she think that he feels about Maren? Why is Clara jealous of Maren and how does she deal with her jealousy?

Essay Topic 2

O’Neill and Clara get discouraged, but they also encourage one another to have hope. How do O’Neill and Clara encourage each other? How successful are they in helping one another find hope and optimism in dreadful circumstances?

Essay Topic 3

Maren is becoming a mermaid in the novel. How does Maren feel about becoming a mermaid? Why does O’Neill think that Maren becoming a mermaid is a problem to be fixed? Why does Clara believe that it is Maren’s destiny to become a mermaid? What is Maren’s destiny?

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