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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 39, what is the name of the housekeeper?

2. In Chapter 38, what is Cadence's motto?

3. In Chapter 3, how many houses did Tipper and Harris Sinclair build on their private island?

4. In Chapter 14, where had Cadence's father been?

5. How old is Cadence?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 29, who does Cadence see in the middle of the night?

2. In Chapter 2, how does Cadence describe herself?

3. What is Cadence's room like in Chapter 21?

4. In Chapter 25, where does Cadence meet up with Mirren, Johnny, and Gat, and what do they do?

5. In Chapter 13, what issues is Cadence having after her accident?

6. In Chapter 1, how does Cadence describe the Sinclairs?

7. How does Cadence describe New Clairmont and how it compares to the old house?

8. How does Cadence's family deal with loss, like having her grandmother die or her father leave?

9. In Chapter 10, what story does Cadence's grandfather retell?

10. In Chapter 37, what does Cadence remember her aunts arguing about in Chapter 37?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

It is apparent that a tragedy has occurred in the Sinclair family. What is the overall mood of the novel? Does the mood change as Cadence begins to remember summer 15? What is the overall mood in the book?

Essay Topic 2

The Sinclairs all have their own private ways of dealing with grief. What are the family grieving for? How is their grief for Tipper and for the cousins and Gat different? How do the various characters—Cadence, her aunts, her grandfather, and her younger cousins—deal with grief? Is the way that they are coping healthy or unhealthy?

Essay Topic 3

Cadence, Johnny, Mirren, and Gat decided to burn down Clairmont. Why did they decide to burn down the house? What did the house symbolize to them? What problems did they think would be eliminated by burning down the house?

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