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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 Conor remember eating on page 24 when he and his mom went out to eat?

2. On page 28, what does Conor's mother fall asleep watching?

3. On page 51, what does the monster say his story will be about?

4. On page 1, what time is it when Conor looks at his clock?

5. On page 43, where does Conor's grandmother say that he will go to live?

Short Essay Questions

1. In page 24, how does Conor remember the day before he learned that his mother had cancer?

2. On page 44, why does Conor think he will have trouble sleeping?

3. What does Miss Kwan say to Conor after the other boys go inside the school on pages 72-73?

4. In the monster's first story, who murdered the farmer's daughter and why?

5. What does Conor do after eating breakfast?

6. Why does Conor have to make his own breakfast on page 10?

7. On page 52, what was the area where Conor lives like a long time ago?

8. What does Conor do when it is 12:07 on page 45?

9. What news does Conor's grandmother have for him at the beginning of "Little Talk"?

10. On page 28, why has Conor's evening been slow?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Conor takes his anger out on his grandmother’s sitting room. Why is Conor angry, and how is his anger connected to the destruction he causes?

Essay Topic 2

A monster appears to Conor in his backyard, but Conor is not afraid of him. Why is Conor not afraid of the monster or afraid to talk back to the monster?

Essay Topic 3

Conor and his mother seem hopeful when they learn there is a new medicine derived from the yew tree that might help cure the cancer. Is Conor’s mother truly hopeful about the medicine or is she just pretending to be hopeful for Conor’s sake?

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