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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. Where does April leave Adam's apartment key in Chapter 31?

2. Where does April remember that Margo would take her to the movies sometimes?

3. What does Rosemary do when she finds Carly and April in the bathroom at the club in Chapter 26?

4. In Chapter 32, what is the date?

5. In Chapter 43, who fixes breakfast?

Short Essay Questions

1. When April tells Ethan that she feels the same sort of itch that her mother must have felt when she left, what does Ethan say he can do?

2. What does April get when she and Carly go to hear Cat Skin, and what does she do with it?

3. What does April realize about the motorhome when she and Carly make a campfire in Chapter 27?

4. How is April feeling in Chapter 53, and what does Ethan say about how she is feeling?

5. What does April remember about traveling with a girl six months after she left Ithaca?

6. Who does April meet in Chapter 33, and what is he doing now?

7. What happened to Ethan's boyfriend Rodney?

8. What does April learn when Robert takes her to the doctor for a pregnancy check?

9. In Chapter 45, how well does April do when she plays at the restaurant a few more times?

10. What are some things Robert is looking forward to doing with the baby?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

April begins traveling and playing gigs on the road. How is the reality of playing her music on the road different from her expectations?

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 thinks the people of Little River are hypocrites. Why does April think the people of Little River are hypocrites?

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