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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 11, how many children does Lady Thornton say have gone back to London?

2. What does Miss Smith give Jamie and Ada to wear in Chapter 7?

3. When did Miss Smith graduate from college?

4. In Chapter 19, what data does Miss Smith give for Jamie's birthday?

5. What skin condition do Ada and Jamie have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the doctor say about Jamie and Ada when he examines them in Chapter 8?

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

3. In Chapter 10, what does Ada do when she goes outside?

4. In Chapter 14, why does Miss Smith say that Ada is not stupid?

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

6. How does Ada help Margaret in Chapter 15?

7. What happens at the airfield at the beginning of Chapter 17?

8. In Chapter 21, why does Grimes say that Butter would not do more than walk?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Ada breaks the sewing machine, she is terrified and goes to hide under a bed. How does Ada punish herself in that situation? How often does Ada use self-punishment for imagined wrongs that she does and why? How does she finally learn to deal with her mistakes without punishing herself?

Essay Topic 2

Both Ada and Miss Smith have handicaps. What handicaps do they both have, and how do those handicaps affect their lives and how they respond to life?

Essay Topic 3

The title of the book indicates that the war saved Ada’s life. How did the war save Ada’s life?

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