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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 4, what does Kya remember was her mother's favorite breakfast?

3. In Chapter 3, how old are Benji Mason and Steve Long when they find Chase's body?

4. When do the events in the Prologue take place?

5. In Chapter 2, who does Kya tell that it is her birthday?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 12, how do Jumpin' and his wife Mabel help Kya?

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

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

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

5. In Chapter 16, how did Jake and Maria meet and marry?

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

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

8. In Chapter 2, how does Kya spend her birthday?

9. In Chapter 22, when had Tate come back to see Kya, and why did he not speak to her?

10. At the end of Chapter 7, why does Kya feel special?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The majority of the scenes in the novel take place in a marsh in North Carolina. How does the author present the setting? What feelings or attitudes does the setting evoke for characters and readers? What role does the setting play in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Point of view limits what readers know about characters and events. What is the point of view in the novel? How does that point of view affect what is revealed about characters and events? How does the point of view affect the plot?

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