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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. How old is Kya in Chapter 31, when her book is published?

2. In Chapter 42, how long has Kya been in a cell?

3. In Chapter 45, how far does the coroner say that Chase fell to his death?

4. In Chapter 25, what does Pattie Love say is missing from Chase's effects?

5. In Chapter 34, how long do the sheriff and his deputy spend searching Kya's place?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 41, why does Kya decide not to tell anyone that Chase attacked her?

2. In Chapters 28, what does Hal Miller, a shrimper, tell the sheriff and his deputy?

3. In Chapter 36, how does the sheriff find a motive for Kya to have killed Chase?

4. What does Kya think when Chase tries to be intimate with her in Chapter 23?

5. In Chapter 29, what does Kya read in the newspaper?

6. In Chapter 31, how does Kya get the title to her land?

7. In Chapter 26, what is Tate doing when Kya sees him?

8. In Chapter 47, what possible explanation does Kya's lawyer give for there being no footprints around Chase's body?

9. In Chapter 37, how does Jumpin' try to signal to Kya that something is wrong, and what happens soon after?

10. In Chapter 43, how does Kya describe what she sees in Tate's microscope?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In a novel, the protagonist is usually the main character and the antagonist is the character who causes the protagonist the most problems in the story. Who is the protagonist in the novel and why? Who is the main antagonist and why? How are interactions between these two characters responsible for conflict in the novel? How does the protagonist handle the conflicts caused by the protagonist?

Essay Topic 2

Tate introduces Kya to poetry. Why does Kya like poetry? How and why does poetry give Kya comfort in times of distress?

Essay Topic 3

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

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