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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 20, what year is it?

2. In Chapter 12, how many boxes of goods does Jumpin' have for Kya that he says if for her smoked fish?

3. In Chapter 8, who does Mr. Lane think murdered Chase?

4. In Chapter 18, what does Tate give Kya in a large box?

5. In Chapter 7, where does Pa say that someday he will take Kya?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 20, what does Kya observe about fireflies?

2. In Chapter 3, who is Chase Andrews?

3. In Chapter 11, how does Kya make money when her father disappears?

4. In Chapter 19, what do some guys tells the sheriff and his deputy that might help solve Chase's murder?

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

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

7. In Chapter 6, how does Kya get back to her place when she takes out the boat and gets lost?

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

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

10. At the end of Chapter 1, what does Jodie offer to play with Kya?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tate leaves Kya after he goes to college. How often has Kya experienced abandonment before Tate disappears? Why is it particularly difficult for Kya to accept that Kate has abandoned her? How does Tate’s disappearance affect her relationship with others? What is revealed about abandonment?

Essay Topic 2

All her life Kya experiences prejudice. What prejudice does Kya endure? How does the prejudice affect her life? How and why does the trial increase and then lessen the prejudice that people feel toward Kya?

Essay Topic 3

Kya is acquitted of Chase’s death at a trial. Why was Kya very afraid of Chase and what he might do to her? How does Tate learn that Kya did kill Chase? Did Kya kill Chase in self-defense? How does the author imply that Kya was morally justified in killing Chase?

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