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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 the restaurant that Gwen takes Davey to?

2. What causes Davey to become afraid of everything?

3. What informative items does the psychiatrist give to Davey?

4. Where does Davey feel closest to her father?

5. Who does Walter think the reason is for Davey's family leaving Los Alamos?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Davey feel closest to her father in the canyon?

3. How does Davey's concept of Los Alamos change after she is in the play?

4. Does Davey have a happy birthday? Why or why not?

5. Why does Gwen claim to have been avoiding talking to Davey?

6. How does Davey feel about Gwen working at the lab?

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

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

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

10. What message about alcoholism does Judy Blume send to the reader?

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 does Davey change from the beginning of the story to the end? How does she feel about it? Which of the other characters in the story are dynamic? Which are static, and how?

Essay Topic 3

Who is the protagonist of the story? Who is the antagonist? How do you know?

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