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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. What is Corrine's nickname?

2. Who is Muffin?

3. What does Michael say about Corrine's appearance?

4. What do Marianne's parents give her on her sixteenth birthday that she now fears is broken?

5. What is "The Huntsman?"

Short Essay Questions

1. Does Patrick set off the stink bomb perfectly timed to coincide with his valedictorian speech? And, if so, what reasons does he have to do it?

2. What is Michael's reaction when Mort Lundt explains that he grounded his son for six weeks as though what his son did was bad, but not criminal?

3. What role does Marianne's brother Patrick play the night of the Valentine's Dance that haunts him years after that night?

4. What upsets Corrine when she finds a matchbook in Michael's pants pocket from the Wolf's Head Inn?

5. What does the title of the story imply in comparison to the title of the first chapter, "Storybook House?"

6. What does Lydia Bethune tell Corrine about Marianne and what bothers her the most about the revelation?

7. What event occurs to Corrine in 1938 that she attributes to providence, and why does she say she is spared from death?

8. In the chapter, "Every Heartbeat," what is it that Judd suddenly realizes?

9. In the chapter, "Imminent Mortality", how does Michael Sr. react to the news that his daughter has been raped?

10. Outside in the building where her mother stores her antiques, Marianne searched for a picture. What is the name of the picture and why is it so important to her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does the Stump Creek Hill Animal Shelter and Hospital represent to Marianne? Can it be compared in any way to other places in the story? Does what the shelter represents change for Marianne as the story progresses? Or, do the changes in Marianne change what the shelter is to her? Whatever the case, explain exactly what changes have taken place.

Essay Topic 2

What are the reasons Marianne leaves her job at the Co-Op? What are her reasons for leaving her job with Miss Hagstrom? Compare the reasons. Are there any common denominators that might explain what is going on inside Marianne's head at those points in the story? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Have the students write an essay about Michael Mulvaney's relationship with his own father and how that might have impacted the kind of father he was.

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