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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 is the weather like at the beginning of Chapter 11?

2. What color is Toby's hair?

3. What is Betty wearing at the beginning of Chapter 2?

4. What type of car does Mrs. Taylor drive?

5. What color mums are on the church altar in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Annabelle's family prune spruces in Chapter 9, and how do her brothers help?

2. Who is Betty Glengarry?

3. What happens to Ruth during recess in Chapter 7?

4. In Chapter 11, what do the children do during recess?

5. Why does Mrs. Taylor not think that Betty was in the school belfry looking out the window when Ruth was hit with a rock?

6. What does Annabelle do when her aunt Lily tells her not to lie about Betty?

7. How does Annabelle's mother help Betty after Betty gets into poison ivy?

8. Why does Annabelle's mother think that the rock was meant to hit Mr. Ansel?

9. How does Annabelle describe her aunt Lily?

10. Who is Toby?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Toby decides to leave the McBride farm. Why does he decide to leave? How does his decision affect Annabelle and the community?

Essay Topic 2

Betty and Toby are character foils. In what ways are the two character foils? How does this contrast help develop the characters and advance the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Both Toby and Betty are outsiders. In what way are both of them outsiders? Why is one of them viewed more favorably than the other? How does their outsider status affect their roles in the novel? Why is Toby considered to be more of an outsider than Betty?

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