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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. How old was April's father when he played guitar at a coffee house in Syracuse?

2. After training, what does Carly pay an hour at Cafe Decadence?

3. What does April have for lunch in Chapter 12?

4. In Chapter 4, whose car does April's father buy for Irene?

5. What nickname does Matty call April in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 11, what does April remember about the time she stepped on a nail?

2. Who does April call when she gets to Ithaca, and how does that person try to help her?

3. Why does April go to the Blue Moon and how does she get there in Chapter 1?

4. Why was Adam homeless for a while?

5. How did April start working for Margo?

6. When and where does April call Margo in Chapter 20?

7. In Chapter 16, what does Adam tell April about himself?

8. Where is April able to get warm and get a shower in Chapter 10?

9. In Chapter 19, what do Adam and April share about things that scare them?

10. In Chapter 1, how do people react when April sings and plays her guitar at the Blue Moon?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

April’s journey is a search for family. How does April’s birth family let her down? How does she create a non-traditional family to take the place of her birth family?

Essay Topic 2

Setting is the place and time where a novel takes place. What are the settings in The People We Keep? How do the settings evoke feelings or set the mood in the book?

Essay Topic 3

April’s father neglects her. How would you describe the relationship and between April and her father? How does April make peace with their relationship after his death?

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