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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. In a note Barnaby leaves for Hazel, what time does he asks her to meet him in Chapter 10?

2. How old was Peggy when her father died in the war?

3. What do Peggy and her mother have for dinner in Chapter 19?

4. In Chapter 12, how many letters has Dorothy Bellamy sent Hazel?

5. How many sons did Edwin lose during the war?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Peggy tell Hazel when she calls about the story?

2. What did Hazel's father used to read to her, and what did her mother do with the book?

3. How does Edwin react when Hazel tells him she took the book and illustrations?

4. Who does Hazel work with at Hogan's and how does she feel about leaving her colleagues?

5. Where does Hazel live and what is it like?

6. What land does Hazel create for Flora in her stories?

7. What does Bridie tell Hazel about Harry's father?

8. What is the room like that Hazel and Flora are to share at the Aberdeen cottage?

9. Why does Hazel tell her sister stories in Chapter 3?

10. Why does Hazel buy beautiful notebooks?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hazel and Flora are nervous about leaving home and living in Binsey. How do the girls adapt to their new surroundings? Why is it difficult for them to adapt at first?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view of The Secret Book of Flora Lea? How does the way that the third-person narrator follows different characters influence what readers know about events and characters? How does having the narrator follow different characters help readers connect with and understand characters?

Essay Topic 3

Colors are sometimes associated with mood. If you could assign a color to represent the mood in The Secret Book of Flora Lea, what color would it be? Why? Would you choose different colors to describe the mood in different chapters?

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