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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. Whose diamond pin does Miss Leeson say that Billy Jackson looks like from her room?

2. When Miss Leeson is starving, what does she say to her star?

3. How is the stairway described when Clara takes Miss Leeson to see the Skylight Room?

4. On what planet does Miss Leeson say she knows the style of sleeves that will be worn next fall?

5. How far away does Miss Leeson think Billy Jackson is when she is starving?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Miss Dorn?

2. What trouble does Miss Leeson begin having in getting work?

3. Who especially enjoys Miss Leeson's company when she sits on the stoop in the evenings?

4. What does Miss Leeson let Mr. Skidder read to her?

5. Who is Mr. Hoover?

6. What does Miss Leeson do every day?

7. What happens to Miss Leeson after she is taken away by ambulance?

8. What comment does Miss Longnecker make about Miss Leeson calling a star BIlly Jackson?

9. What does Miss Leesen and some of the other roomers do in the evenings?

10. How do the men who room at Mrs. Parker's treat Miss Leeson differently than the female boarders?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What points of view are used in “The Skylight Room”? How do these points of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does changing the point of view help readers connect with and understand the characters?

Essay Topic 2

Miss Leeson lived in poverty. Does the story seem to indicate whether her poverty was her fault of situational?

Essay Topic 3

Artistic license is the way that an author creates, art, music, or writing based upon her interpretation of life. How does Henry use artistic license to create the realistic background of the story?

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