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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What excites Thora K but depresses Shay in Part 1 Chapter 19?
(a) The first snowfall.
(b) Shay is remarrying.
(c) Brandy's body is pregnant.
(d) Her growing body.

2. What does Thora K request while dragging out the mirror in Part 1 Chapter 19?
(a) For Shay to warn them if anything might happen to Roosevelt.
(b) For Shay to throw the mirror away.
(c) For Shay to look in the mirror and get excited.
(d) For Shay to warn them if there is a epidemic or natural disaster coming.

3. Who gives Shay the mirror?
(a) Rachael.
(b) Jerry.
(c) Claire.
(d) Bran.

4. Who do Thora K and Shay see a phantom of in Part 1 Chapter 18?
(a) Shay.
(b) May Bell.
(c) Hutch.
(d) Corbin.

5. Who are Remy and Dan?
(a) Two traveling magicians.
(b) Brandy's brothers.
(c) Hutch's sons.
(d) Brandy's uncles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Shay's family home?

2. What is Shay ordered to throw away?

3. What does the doctor assure Corbin in Part 1 Chapter 9?

4. Why is Shay depressed by this news in Part 1 Chapter 19?

5. What does Shay decide in the Interim?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the reader learn of the history of the mirror in Backward?

2. What happens when Hutch Maddon is thrown from his horse in Part I Chapter 13?

3. What does Thora K accuse Shay of in Part I Chapter 19, and why?

4. Who are the main characters of the novel, and what is their connection to one another?

5. What does Shay learn about the Maddon twins in Part I Chapter 11?

6. Who is Grandma Bran, and how does she react when she sees the mirror in Part I Chapter 1?

7. What does Shay wonder about women in Part I Chapter 17?

8. What does Shay decide to write down in Part I Chapter 14?

9. Who is Lon Maddon?

10. What does Thora share of Corbin's family background in Part I Chapter 12?

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