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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. To whom does Julie defend her relationship with Brett?

2. What is the cause of Uncle Haskell's problem?

3. What discovery appalls Julie?

4. Why is the driver irritated with Julie?

5. How does Julie's luck change with the guys?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Julie tell Brett when she sees him the night of her meeting with Alicia?

2. What happens during Alicia's meeting with Julie?

3. How does Julie feel about Alicia when she first dates her father and how does she end up feeling?

4. What does Carlotta think of Julie's decision to live with Aunt Cordelia through high school?

5. What does Brett do in English class and how is Julie involved?

6. How is Julie's hobby successful and how do they celebrate? What does Uncle Haskell do?

7. What happens to Uncle Haskell's and Katy's relationship?

8. How does Julie handle being hurt by what she thinks is Aunt Cordelia's rejection?

9. How does Katy respond to living in the country?

10. What ends Brett and Julie's relationship and what does Brett do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author brings to closure the foreshadowing used at the incident of Katy Eltwing's panic attack at the old creek bridge earlier in the book.

1. What do you think is meant by this statement?

2. Explain why or why not you thought the incident of Katy at the bridge was important to the story.

3. Do you think the panic attack Katy had at the bridge meant she could see the future? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

The author also uses visual imagery when describing the violent piano playing of the timid Mrs. Eltwing. "Waves of music crashed throughout the rooms of the old house, mountains began to shake and comets to fall under her hands while I could imagine tidal waves rolling in and the wind uprooting trees and sending ships spinning to the bottom of the sea. Then as my heart seemed almost ready to burst with the tumult, her music suddenly subsided and the sky became bright; the storm was over."

1. Explain why the author's description of Mrs. Eltwing helped to show her as a character.

2. What can you guess about Mrs. Eltwing's personality from Chapter 5?

3. How do you think a timid person like Mrs. Eltwing appears to be could be such a violent pianist? Use examples from the book and your life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

The next morning, a note from Uncle Haskell has been slid under Julie's door and she is somewhat relieved, when she reads his words, "I'll say to my sad-faced little Julie: Guilt feelings will do nothing for either you or the Kilpin child. But your compassion as you grow into womanhood may well become immortality for the girl you call Aggie."

1. What do you think Uncle Haskell meant by his statement?

2. Do you think Julie, at the age she was when she received her Uncle's note could understand the full meaning of it? Why or why not?

3. How do you think Aggie's death will change Julie?

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