Write a journal entry of five to ten complete sentences. Answer both of the following questions. What do Annie’s flashbacks tell us about her past? How do you think Annie’s past will affect the way she deals with Helen?

Which best explains this excerpt’s purpose in the novel’s plot structure? the excerpt creates conflict between characters as part of the rising action. the excerpt provides background information on a character as part of the exposition. the excerpt returns a character to equilibrium as part of the falling action. the excerpt is the point of greatest tension and acts as the climax.