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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. How many guest bedrooms are there at New Clairmont?

2. Where do the Sinclairs live in the summertime?

3. In Chapter 19, what does Cadence's mother serve for dinner when Cadence's grandfather comes to visit?

4. In Chapter 8, in what religion was Gat's mother raised?

5. In Chapter 28, what type of paper does Cadence remember she and Gat becoming obsessed with several summers ago?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 20, what plans are made for Cadence's summer vacation?

2. What project does Cadence start in Chapter 17, and how does she carry out her project?

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

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

5. Who are Tipper and Harris Sinclair?

6. In Chapter 33, why does Cadence tell Gat that she is angry?

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

8. In Chapter 39, why does Gat say that Cadence does not know him?

9. In Chapter 35, what advice does Taft have for Cadence in Chapter 34?

10. How does Cadence describe her Aunt Bess in Chapter 24?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Harris tells his daughters that he is not proud of them and is not obligated to support them. Why does Harris say that he is not proud of his daughters? Are those his real feelings or his emotions speaking? What might be influencing him to say those things?

Essay Topic 2

Harris does not like Ed or Gat because they are not white. How is Tipper’s racism revealed when Ed and Gat are first introduced? How does Harris treat Ed and Gat? How does racism influence Carrie not to marry Ed? How would you describe the way that Harris and Tipper are racist? Does racism persist even after the tragedy?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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