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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. Where do kids at the charter school go on a field trip in Chapter 4?

2. How old was Elizabeth's four-year-old when Elizabeth's mother first came to see her?

3. How often does Iffy say that she called her mother?

4. When was Magda Szabo awarded one of Hungary's most prestigious literary awards and then the prize was rescinded?

5. What time on Tuesday in Chapter 4, does the baby cry and start to vomit?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Elizabeth take the job at the charter school, and why does she think she is not what her students need?

2. How do Kayla and her brother get back home, and how does Elizabeth feel about that?

3. What happens when Elizabeth's husband is out of town in Chapter 5?

4. Why do Elizabeth's students know she is not coming back even though she has not told them?

5. When Kayla and her brother come for dinner, what does Elizabeth know will happen if they do not leave soon?

6. What did Elizabeth learn when she was 33 weeks pregnant with her four-year-old, and how did she respond?

7. What is the conversation at dinner when Sasha is there?

8. What did Elizabeth and Sasha do to make money, and how were Elizabeth and Sasha doing financially in Taipei?

9. After Elizabeth texts Sasha and asks what she can do, what does Elizabeth imagine Sasha will do?

10. How does Elizabeth get books to read in Chapter 4?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Flashbacks are a literary device used to provide information about events that took place before the story began. How does the author use flashbacks in the novel? How does the author’s choice to use flashbacks affect the plot?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 3

Colors are sometimes associated with mood. If you could assign a color to represent the mood Want, what color would it be? Why? Would you choose different colors to describe the mood in different sections?

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