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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 Betty's grandmother's first name?

2. What does Annabelle like to play with her grandmother on the porch swing?

3. What type of coat does Toby wear?

4. What do Annabelle's brothers do at recess in Chapter 8?

5. What do Annabelle and her mother pick after tending to Betty in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Annabelle's life begin to spin in the autumn of 1943?

4. Who is Betty Glengarry?

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

6. Why does Annabelle not tell her mother about Betty's threats in Chapter 4?

7. What happens when Betty finds Andy Woodberry in her seat at school in Chapter 5?

8. Why is Constable Oleska waiting outside church in Chapter 10?

9. What is Betty doing when Annabelle sees her on the path in Chapter 6?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The novel takes place in Wolf Hollow Pennsylvania. What role does the setting take in the novel? How does the setting advance the plot?

Essay Topic 2

Betty is bullying Annabelle in the novel. Why does Annabelle not tell her parents about the bullying? What consequences are there because Annabelle does not reveal the bullying at first? How does the bullying affect Annabelle and her character?

Essay Topic 3

Annabelle wishes that life could be like beets. How does Annabelle describe beets? What do beets symbolize for Annabelle, and why does she wish life would be more like beets?

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