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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 color dog did Theo Goodman's mother have?

2. When did Noelle meet Theo?

3. How old was Poppy when her mother abandoned her on Floyd's doorstep?

4. What street did Noelle like to pass in Chapter 28?

5. In Chapter 27, where did Noelle and Floyd both live?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Noelle describe her family?

2. What does Helen, Laurel's co-worker, say when Laurel describes Poppy?

3. In Ellie's diaries, how did her opinion of Noelle change?

4. What does SJ think about when she does her nude modeling?

5. What connection does Laurel find between Poppy's mother and herself?

6. Whare are Laurel's thoughts as she cooks for Floyd in Chapter 18?

7. Why did Ellie go with Noelle to her house?

8. How had Laurel seen her life when she had three children, not two?

9. How does Poppy compare herself and SJ when Laura asks if they are close?

10. How did Noelle engineer a meeting with Floyd?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Flashbacks are a literary device used to provide information about events that took place before the story began. How does Jewell use flashbacks in the novel? How does the author’s choice to use flashbacks affect the plot?

Essay Topic 2

Noelle believes what happened between her and Floyd is his fault. What happened between Noelle and Floyd? Why does she believe it is his fault?

Essay Topic 3

The climax in a novel is the highest point of tension and a turning point. What is the climax of Then She Was Gone and why is that incident the climax?

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