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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 the bully do to Merry one night?

2. Which of the following is NOT a reason Joey gives for stabbing Merry?

3. What does Merry wear to visit her father in prison?

4. Who surprisingly attends Grandma Zelda's burial service?

5. Who is the bully in the orphanage?

Short Essay Questions

1. What responsibility does Lulu feel toward Merry at the orphanage?

2. What is Lulu's secret wish as she encounters her father at the cemetery?

3. What reason does Joey give to Merry for why he stabbed her that day?

4. In Chapter 1, how does Joey get into the house and what do Lulu and Merry do as their parents fight?

5. What pressures does Merry feel while living with the Cohens?

6. Who is Aunt Cilla and why does she refuse to take Lulu and Merry into her home?

7. How do family members treat Lulu and Merry because of their father?

8. What promise does Grandma Zelda force Lulu to make?

9. Who takes Merry to see her father in prison?

10. In whose care is Lulu placed after her mother's death and how does she finally manage to visit Merry in the hospital?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the concept of loneliness as it exhibits in the book. Give some examples of loneliness shown in the book and describe the methods and attempts used to overcome it.

Essay Topic 2

Create a brief character study of Celeste. What did she look like? What were her positive personality traits? What were her dreams and fears? What was most valuable to her in her world?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the overall setting for the story. Why does the author use the setting she does? What is the time period of the story? How important is the time period to the attitudes and issues of the characters?

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