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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. Which family in town has been hit hard by the typhoid that has been spreading?

2. What is the Happyland Colony?

3. What worries Ginny when she and Tom are at the place in #40?

4. How did Ginny feel when her sister and father inquired about her female health issues?

5. What does Ginny encounter when she is walking to the place in #104?

Short Essay Questions

1. What will fire come to symbolize in Ginny and Tom's relationship?

2. How does Ginny describe herself?

3. What did the Indian doctor do for Ginny in an attempt to bring on her menstrual periods?

4. What is the basis of Tom's dislike of Lily?

5. What is a pound party and what is its purpose?

6. What feelings and memories are rekindled in Tom while watching Ginny at the revival?

7. What was the Happyland Colony, and what bad memory does Tom have of it?

8. What was Madame Sparrow's message for Ginny when she told her fortune?

9. How does Ginny view her brother, Locke?

10. How do their reactions to the meteor shower show Ginny and Tom's personalities?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author uses more than one iteration on the theme of loss. Identify at least two themes about loss in the story. Then cite an example to support each theme you name.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

The author uses more than one iteration on the motif of life-death-life. Identify at least two motifs about life-death-life in the book. Then cite an example to support each answer.

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