View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long after Ellie's funeral does Laurel meet Floyd?

2. In Chapter 26, where is SJ's school located?

3. Where does Laurel park in Chapter 26?

4. What days of the week does Laurel work at the shopping center near her flat?

5. In Chapter 2, how long ago did Laura have three children, not two?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Laurel's mother seem when she visit in Chapter 21, and why?

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

3. What comment does SJ make in Chapter 20 about thinking?

4. Why did Ellie tell her mother she did not want a tutor anymore?

5. Why does Blue call Laurel in Chapter 24?

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

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

8. How does Laurel meet Floyd Dunn?

9. How does Laureal react to Blue's comments about Floyd?

10. How does Floyd say that he met Noelle?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How does Jewell use idioms in Then She Was Gone? Why are the idioms sometimes difficult to understand? Why do idioms often require research to understand their meaning? Why are the British idioms difficult to understand?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What points of view are used in Then She Was Gone? How do these points of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does changing the point of view help readers connect with and understand the characters?

Essay Topic 3

Dialogue tags help identify who is speaking in a written conversation. What would happen if dialogue tags were never used to identify who is speaking in a written conversation in Then She Was Gone? What are some common dialogue tags used to identify speakers in a written conversation? What descriptive dialogue tags has Jewell used, especially in Chapter 65? How do those dialogue tags help readers imagine scenes and characters? How do they add another layer of description?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 854 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample