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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 Chapter 14, what does Miss Smith begin reading to Jamie and Ada?

2. What is Margaret's brother Jonathan doing for the war in Chapter 15?

3. In Chapter 15, how long does Margaret say that she is to exercise Jonathan's horse?

4. In Chapter 15, what color horse is spooked by a plane?

5. In Chapter 15, what does Margaret tell Ada that she might have broken when Ada approaches her after Margaret was thrown off her horse?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In Chapter 18, what does Ada notice about tables at the tea shop, and what does she think when Miss Smith explains?

5. How does Ada help Margaret in Chapter 15?

6. In Chapter 11, how does Ada feel when she learns that Miss Smith is getting paid for taking her and Jamie in?

7. What does Ada see when she looks in a mirror at the train station bathroom?

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

9. How does Miss Smith help Ada and Jamie after they take a bath in Chapter 7?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Miss Smith reads Alice in Wonderland, Ada compares herself to Alice. Why does Ada compare herself to Alice? What does the comparison reveal about the struggles that Ada has had to make sense of the world and how she learns to deal with her new environment?

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

Miss Smith tells Ada to be persistent when training Butter. How do both Miss Smith and Ada have to learn persistence? How does learning persistence help them both grow and overcome fears?

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