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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. In Chapter 7, what is the name of the babysitter?

2. What language was Sasha learning when she was 23?

3. In Chapter 4, how many times has Kayla been suspended for fighting?

4. How much of a raise did the principal offer Elizabeth with her contract to teach the next year?

5. When Elizabeth was 22, how many different drugs had she had prescribed for her and did not like any of them?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do Elizabeth and Sasha do after taking the girls to school?

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

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

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

6. Why did Elizabeth go to stay with Sasha in Taipei when she was 22?

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

8. What does Sasha look like when she comes to see Elizabeth in Chapter 7?

9. When does Elizabeth start meeting Kayla in Chapter 6, and what do they do?

10. What happens two days fater Elizabeth texts Sasha and asks what she can do for her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Elizabeth is a voracious reader. What is the role of reading in Elizabeth’s life? What relationship does she see between reading and language?

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