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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. What is Miss Smith leaving off from in Chapter 9?

2. What does Ada damage in Chapter 20 when she is angry?

3. Where did Miss Smith go to college?

4. What color pajamas does Ada have in Chapter 9?

5. In Chapter 6, what color is the house that Ada and Jamie are taken to?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Ada crippled?

2. In Chapter 2, where does Ada's mother send her when she wants to punish Ada?

3. In Chapter 20, how does Ada feel when Miss Smith puts her arm around Ada?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 15, what happens when a plane screams overhead?

5. Why do the church bells go off in Chapter 9?

6. Why is Stephen White surprised to see Ada at the school yard with the other kids?

7. In Chapter 9, who does Miss Smith say that Becky was?

8. In Chapter 4, how does Ada describe the train?

9. What does Jamie say about all the kids leaving in Chapter 2?

10. In Chapter 1, what does Ada's mother do when she goes to the window?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Ada and Jamie first go to live in the country, Jamie wants to go home to London, but Ada does not. Why does Jamie want to go home and Ada does not? What do their feelings reveal about what home has been for them before moving to Susan’s home?

Essay Topic 2

Several times characters make it clear that Ada’s physical handicap does not affect her mind. Who tries to indicate that Ada is mentally handicapped because of her clubfoot? What does Ada do and learn that proves she is not mentally challenged?

Essay Topic 3

The author tells the story from Ada’s point of view. How does telling the story from Ada’s point of view help develop Ada as a character and help readers identify with her and her struggles?

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