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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 does Ms. Owens bring to her treatment in Part II?

2. What do the Bonner sisters steal from Elise?

3. Where does Sam hear that his father's family has come from?

4. What grows on the Bonner's farm?

5. What does Sam do to try to minimize the appearance and feel of his breasts?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does being in the glass coffin remind Miel of?

2. Why is Sam's nickname Moon?

3. What is Sam's deep secret that only a very few people in his life know?

4. What does Sam think is a misconception about Lian Bonner?

5. In the section titled Sea of Clouds, what changes in Sam's and Miel's relationship?

6. How do the townspeople treat Aracely?

7. How does Meil help Sam in school to keep his secret from others?

8. What does Ivy show Miel in Part II that is a secret, and how does Miel feel about it?

9. Who comes to save Miel from the field of broken glass?

10. Why is the hem of Miel's skirt or pants always a bit damp?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Miel choose to tell no one about the Bonner sisters' abuse and bullying, and do you think McLemore makes a convincing case as to why this should be so? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Aracely justify keeping her major secret, and the true nature of her relationship with Miel, concealed for so long? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What do Miel's roses mean to her? What do they mean to the Bonner sisters? What do they mean to Sam? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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