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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 type of coat does Annabelle grab from the closet in Chapter 18?

2. How does Betty say that she got in the well?

3. In Chapter 16, what do Annabelle, her grandmother, and her mother make for Annabelle's father and any searchers to eat?

4. In Chapter 20, where are some of the men who were in the search party dropped off?

5. What is Toby's real name?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Annabelle describe the Turtle Stone and the area where it is?

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

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

4. What does Annabelle persuade Toby to do in Chapter 17?

5. What does Toby tell about himself in Chapter 20 when Annabelle's mother asks about him?

6. Why did Annabelle have her hair cut short?

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

8. How does Annabelle describe the state trooper?

9. What is the report from the hospital about Betty in Chapter 20?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Throughout the novel, Annabelle has to confront some adult situations. What are some of these situations? Why are they so difficult for her to deal with? How do these situations help her grow?

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