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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 does Davey hope that Hugh and Leyana will see in her at the end of the book?

2. Who is the first to congratulate Davey after the play is over?

3. What is the name of the woman who is the head of the music department at Davey's school?

4. What does Davey realize she cannot live in as she sits on the beach?

5. What do Bitsy and Walter invite guests over for on Christmas?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Davey's voice soften when she talks about the details of Adam's death?

2. How do Walter and Bitsy react to Gwen telling them that she will be moving back to Atlantic City?

3. How does the reader know that Jane's drinking has become a problem?

4. What is the play that Davey is in a symbol of?

5. What is one example of how death has made Davey afraid of everything?

6. What is a theme in Chapter 39?

7. What is the candle that Davey buys a symbol of?

8. Why has Davey kept the bloody clothes from her father's death?

9. Why does Davey feel hesitant to trust Miriam?

10. What does Jason's cape symbolize?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who does Davey rebel against, and why?

Essay Topic 2

How is grief a theme in the story? How does the author achieve a tone that allows grief to be a theme?

Essay Topic 3

When, how, and why does Davey reverse roles with those around her?

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