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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. What does Brandy discover during breakfast in Part 3 Chapter 3?

2. What is Jerry's last name?

3. What does Rachael think while reading her mother's diary in Part 3 Chapter 15?

4. Why is Rachael separated from her mother in Part 2 Chapter 6?

5. What does Rachael ask her mother for in Part 2 Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Chief Geronimo do to Lon in Part 2 Chapter 6?

2. What does Uncle Lon hide in the Brandy Wine?

3. What is going on with Rachel and Jerry's marriage in Part 3 Chapter 4?

4. What does Rachael dare Jerry to do in Part 2 Chapter 3? What happens as a result?

5. What does Brandy discover over breakfast in Part 3 Chapter 3?

6. What does Rachael discover while reading her mother's diary in Chapter 15?

7. What happens after Shay is sent to live at a sanatorium in Part 2?

8. What do Shay and Thora K hide in Part 2 Chapter 4?

9. What happens in Part 2 Chapter 5 at the National Center for Atmospheric Research?

10. Why does Rachael rush back to the Gingerbread House in Chapter 15?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of family in the novel "The Mirror". Describe the families of Shay and Brandy. Is family important to the protagonists? How do they cope with being separated from their families?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of death in the novel "The Mirror". How does Millhiser illustrate the motif of death in the novel? Who dies in the novel? How do they die? What is the significance of each death?

Essay Topic 3

What is the genre of the novel? What are elements commonly found in this type of novel? What are some other examples of works of this genre? What similarities do these works share with the novel "The Mirror"?

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