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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 11, who invited Verity and Scarff to join him as a traveling merchant?

2. In Chapter 6, how long until Christmas?

3. What is the year at the beginning of Chapter 1?

4. In Chapter 9, how do Clara, Maren, and Auntie get a message from O'Neill?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Simon come to Auntie's house in Chapter 6?

2. In Chapter 7, what has O'Neill sent to Auntie, Clara, and Maren?

3. In Chapter 8, what do Auntie and Clara tell Simon when he comes to take Maren to a dance?

4. What are Auntie, Clara, and Maren doing at the beginning of Chapter 6?

5. How does Scarff say that he met Verity in Chapter 10?

6. In Chapter 5, how is Maren changing?

7. In Chapter 1, how is Maren changing?

8. In Chapter 3, how does the village celebrate when Scarff and O'Neill arrive?

9. In Chapter 8, what does Clara dream?

10. How did Clara and Maren come to Auntie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

The story is told from Clara’s point of view. What does the reader know about events and characters because of how the story is told? How does telling the story from Clara’s point of view affect the plot?

Essay Topic 3

O’Neill kisses Clara, which affects her in a variety of ways. Why does Clara have mixed feelings about O’Neill’s kiss? How does the kiss affect the way that Clara views O’Neill?

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