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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 1, when does Auntie say that Maren and Clara came to her?

2. In Chapter 10, what does Maren have while everyone else enjoys dinner?

3. In Chapter 8, what does Clara give Simon when he comes to take Maren to the dance?

4. In Chapter 6, how many days are there until the event that Simon invites Maren to?

5. What color is the horse that Clara and Maren find in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 9, who makes a delivery and what do they bring?

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

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

4. In Chapter 8, what does Clara dream?

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

6. Who are Scarff and O'Neill?

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

8. In Chapter 5, what do Clara and Auntie do as September arrives?

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

10. How did Clara and Maren come to Auntie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Family is an important theme in the novel. How do Auntie and Scarff create a family? How is the family they create more of a traditional family than the Phipps family? Why are actions more important than blood when it comes to being a family?

Essay Topic 2

O’Neill creates a special painting for Clara. What elements are in the painting? What do each of these elements symbolize? What does the painting symbolize regarding O’Neill’s feelings for Clara?

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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