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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 the name of Sarah's dog?

2. What does Sarah name her second baby?

3. What does April do that makes Jack laugh?

4. What is Jack Elliot trapped under when Sarah finds him?

5. How is Charlie injured when Sarah is pregnant for the fifth time?

Short Essay Questions

1. What anonymous gift does Sarah receive in the mail?

2. What does Sarah hate most about her first home at the fort?

3. What happens while Jack is away tracking some train robbers?

4. Where does Harlan end up at the end of the book?

5. Who helps Sarah with her daily tasks while she is at the fort?

6. Why do Sarah and Jack leave town when the fireworks start?

7. How does Jack die?

8. What does Jack say just before he dies?

9. What happens when a man threatens Melissa on the road to the fort?

10. Why does Jack say he helped Sarah around her house so much just before the 4th of July?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How was the theme of diversity shown in this book, and which characters were most affected by this?

Essay Topic 2

How did the relationship between Albert and Savannah change throughout the course of the plot, and how did these changes affect the characters around them?

Essay Topic 3

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters who are touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

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