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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 Uncle Haskell tell Julie?

2. Why is a party being thrown for Julie?

3. How does Laura's getting married change Julie's life?

4. While Julie is praying at the Cathedral of Four Silver Birches, who arrives?

5. What do Chris and Julie discover in the woods one day?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is announced a few weeks after the children discover Uncle Haskell's secret?

2. What does Uncle Haskell tell Julie about Aggie's death?

3. What does Aunt Cordelia try to do for the Kilpin family and how does she feel when she returns home?

4. How does Uncle Haskell help Julie with her loneliness after Chris leaves?

5. How and what do Julie and Chris discover about Uncle Haskell?

6. How do Laura and Julie's father feel about her time with Uncle Haskell and what do they do about it?

7. Why did Aunt Cordelia decide to host a birthday party for Julie?

8. What does Jonathan say about Julie and how does she feel about it?

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

10. From what type of family did Jonathan come?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author uses personification in this chapter, when she gives human characteristics to inanimate objects.

1. What do you think is meant by this statement? Use examples from the book to illustrate your answer.

2. Write a brief description of your bedroom using personification.

3. Why do you think an author uses personification? Do you think it is an effective method of description?

Essay Topic 2

The symbolism of the book's title becomes clear by the end of the story in that Julie learns that she has learned many lessons but has many more to learn along the road of her life.

1. What do you think is meant by this statement? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Discuss when you think a person finishes learning in life and why you think it. Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

3. Why do you think many people say that life is a road one walks? Use examples to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

The author uses the literary technique of irony in this chapter when presenting the sad state of Aggie's death. Ironically, only after her death does Aggie receive the tender washing and bodily care she desperately needed when she was alive.

1. With research, give an explanation of the irony about Aggie's death, including a brief definition of irony.

2. Why do you think an author would use irony in a story?

3. Describe an ironic event you've been in or have heard about.

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