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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 does Mr. Jim do?

2. In Chapter 13, how many times has Annabelle seen a bear in her area?

3. What body part might Betty lose?

4. Where does Toby say that he is living in Chapter 20?

5. What does Annabelle pick at the beginning of Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 19, where does Annabelle tell her father that Betty might be?

2. In Chapter 14, where does Toby say that he has been?

3. Why do James and Henry think that Toby has been hiding in their barn?

4. What are Betty's injuries when she is freed from the well?

5. What do the men see when they find Betty in the well?

6. How does Annabelle describe her family's barn in Chapter 14?

7. What does Annabelle's mother make everyone do after it is revealed that Jordan is really Toby?

8. What awakens Annabelle and her family at the beginning of Chapter 12?

9. How does Betty say that she fell in the well?

10. Who are the men who come with Annabelle's father in Chapter 18?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Betty causes many of the conflicts in the novel. How does Betty cause conflict in the novel? With whom are most of these conflicts? How do these conflicts advance the plot and develop the characters, especially Annabelle?

Essay Topic 3

Annabelle’s mood fluctuates throughout the novel. How does Annabelle’s mood fluctuate throughout the novel? How does her mood affect her behavior or the decisions that she makes?

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