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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 Bill ask Julie to overlook about Laura during the visit?

2. What does Julie do with her party invitations?

3. Who does Julie rebuff with hostility?

4. What does the person in #52 advise Julie?

5. Why do the kids run off before they see what their uncle is doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Julie go and what does she do after she is chastised by Aunt Cordelia over hitting Danny?

2. What challenges Aunt Cordelia most about teaching and what does she encourage Julie and the other girls to do? How do they feel about it?

3. Who is excited about Julie's birthday party?

4. What happens when Julie visits Laura and Bill and what does Bill tell her?

5. Who does Julie meet as the novel opens and why hasn't she seen them for awhile?

6. What did the townspeople think of Aunt Cordelia tutoring Jonathan?

7. How does Aunt Cordelia make her money and what else does she do?

8. What happens to Julie when Laura takes her to her room?

9. What does Julie do when she hears the children say she will be going away and why?

10. Why does Julie envy Laura but what does Laura feel that Julie cannot understand?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Julie hesitantly approves of the changes Alicia has made to the house but is appalled to discover that Alicia has converted Laura's old bedroom into an office. Alicia had no way of knowing that Julie coveted that room.

1. Do you think Alicia should have talked with Julie before making changes to the house? Why or why not?

2. Change is always difficult and Julie has had many changes in her young life. Discuss how you see the changes affecting her as a person. Use examples from the book and your life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

The author uses the literary technique of symbolism by connecting Aunt Cordelia's retirement with the autumn of the year.

1. What do you think is meant by the statement, "autumn of life?"

2. Discuss the life of a human in terms of the four seasons.

3. Do you think everyone goes through the stages of life at the same time? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Carlotta thinks that Julie's decision to live at Aunt Cordelia's house during her high school years is a sign of madness, because no boy will want to drive out to the country to pick up Julie for dates. If the distance from town were not enough of a deterrent, surely no boy would want to encounter Aunt Cordelia if he did not have to.

1. Do you that Carlotta is correct? Why or why not?

2. Do you think Julie should make a decision as to where to live based on whether she will find boys to date? Why or why not?

3. Explain what you would do in Julie's situation.

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