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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. Why are all the girls envious?

2. About what is Julie wondering?

3. What coincides with Julie's last year of elementary school?

4. What is Haskell doing for Cordelia?

5. Where do Jonathan and Katy Eltwing move?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jonathan do in the small town where Aunt Cordelia lives and what do the townspeople think?

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

3. How does Brett react to Julie's response to his request yet what does she agree to do?

4. What does Julie discuss with Aunt Cordelia and what is the result?

5. Why does Uncle Haskell come yelling for Aunt Cordelia one night?

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

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

8. What hobby does Julie take up in her senior year and who helps her?

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

10. What does Julie's family do about Julie's sadness?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Julie experiences not only Chris' departure for boarding school but also Laura's marriage to Bill.

1. What effect do you think these types of events would have on a young girl? Use examples from the book and your experience to support your answer.

2. What do you think a person can do to adjust to changes in their life? Use examples from the book and your experience to support your answer.

3. Do you think it was fair to Julie for the family to send Chris off to school? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your experience to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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