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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 does the mirror do before Shay blacks out in Part 1 Chapter 2?
(a) It flashes lights.
(b) It cracks.
(c) It hums.
(d) It wobbles.

2. Where does Corbin live?
(a) In Netherfield.
(b) In Boston.
(c) In Boulder.
(d) In Nederland.

3. What does Thora K think Shay has?
(a) The Sight.
(b) Bad hearing.
(c) A disease.
(d) A baby in the oven.

4. Who checks on Shay in Part 1 Chapter 8?
(a) Dr. Seawell.
(b) Dr. Seaton.
(c) Dr. Smith.
(d) Dr. Sampson.

5. Who is Joshua?
(a) Brandy's cousin.
(b) Brandy's uncle.
(c) Brandy's nephew.
(d) Brandy's brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Shay learn about the Maddon twins' mother?

2. What is the name of the old mining town Shay visits with Thora K?

3. What does Shay prepare for at the beginning of Part 1 Chapter 19?

4. What does Bran say when she sees the mirror in Part 1 Chapter 1?

5. Where does the family go on Sunday in Part 1 Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Corbin react to Brandy's strange behavior?

2. What does the Part 1 Interim reveal?

3. What does Shay realize in Part I Chapter 16?

4. What occurs at the wedding in Part I Chapter 5?

5. What does Shay observe when she awakens in Part I Chapter 3?

6. What happens when Shay briefly inhabits her own body in Part I Chapter 15?

7. What does Shay reveal to Thora K in Part I Chapter 17?

8. How does Shay and her family feel about her impending nuptials in Part I Chapter 2?

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

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

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