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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 18, what does Tate give Kya in a large box?

2. In Chapter 17, what does Tate bring Kya after her menstrual cycle begins?

3. In Chapter 9, what year is it when Kya meets Jumpin'?

4. In Chapter 21, how long after July 4 does Kaya not leave her place?

5. What year is it in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 15, who does Kya discover has been leaving her gifts, and what does the gift giver decide to do when they meet?

2. In Chapter 17, what does Jumpin' tell Kya about people looking for her and what he told them?

3. In Chapter 2, what advice does Jodie give Kya before he leaves?

4. In Chapter 10, what signs do the sheriff and his deputy find, and why are they not useful?

5. In Chapter 14, what is learned from a lab report?

6. In Chapter 3, who is Chase Andrews?

7. In Chapter 18, why does Tate leave earlier than he planned for college?

8. In Chapter 8, what information do the sheriff and his deputy learn from the first of the lab reports from Chase's body?

9. In Chapter 9, who is Jumpin' and what does he look like?

10. In Chapter 4, what happens when Kya does not go back to school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Kya’s father abandons her when she is ten. How would you describe the relationship that Kya had with her father before other family members left? How does Kya learn to live with her father? What longings does her relationship with her father fulfill for Kya? How is she affected when she realizes that he is gone for good?

Essay Topic 2

Tate teaches Kya to read. What freedom does reading give Kya? In what ways does reading transform her life and enable her to survive?

Essay Topic 3

On Page 241, Kya makes a comment that “parenthood is a thinner line than one might think.” What is Kya observing when she makes that comment? Why is the line of parenthood thin among gulls? How is parenthood a thin line among humans? What does Kya mean when she says that “parenthood is a thinner line than one might think”?

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