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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 Bluish tell the girls she can do?

2. What did Bluish make for the girls to wear?

3. With what does Willie want to play?

4. With what does Dreenie decide to surprise Bluish?

5. What does Dreenie do when she is the first one to class at the opening of chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do Tuli and Dreenie go with Bluish in Chapter 4 and how do Tuli and Dreenie act?

2. What does Mrs. Baker tell the students about Bluish's illness?

3. How is Dreenie beginning to feel at school and with whom does she have a positive connection?

4. What does Bluish write on a sign she hangs around her neck and how does Dreenie help her with it?

5. Where does Dreenie invite Bluish and what does Bluish say about the invitation?

6. What does Dreena write about her time at Bluish's house with Tuli and Willie?

7. What does Dreenie's project group decide upon as their topic and who writes up their agreement and why?

8. What are Tuli, Dreenie and Bluish doing at Bluish's house?

9. What does Dreenie tell Mrs. Baker she wants to know after Bluish leaves for an appointment and why do she and the other students want this information

10. What does Mrs. Baker tell the students about why they are lucky and what does she say about the way the students are with Bluish?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dreenie organizes a surprise for Bluish, paying off the introduction of the knit caps in chapter four by having everyone jump up and don the caps for Bluish. This climactic act is a show of solidarity, an affirmation that the kids are firmly united with Bluish, who must wear the cap to cover her head gone bald from harsh chemotherapy treatments. In essence, the cap wearing is a sign that the children share Bluish's struggle. Bluish, along with Dreenie, have found their sense of place and belonging.

1. How do you think a show of solidarity is helpful to Bluish? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

2. Do you think is it important that everyone feels like they belong to something outside of themselves? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

3. Do you think the entire class getting behind Bluish and accepting her is realistic? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Dreenie discusses how Bluish stands out in class, and how her wheelchair makes kids feel awkward, and how her pale appearance is weird. Dreenie's mom urges Dreenie to treat Bluish like she would any other kid, and not to single her out based on her appearance.

1. Do you think most children judge others based on their appearance? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

2. Do you think all adults would have given the same advice to Dreenie that her mother gives? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

3. There are many forms of prejudice in this world. Explain how judging Bluish based on her skin color and wheelchair relates to judging someone because of his or her religion, life style or race. Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

On the subject of unity, it is also important to note the value of the group dynamic in forging the friendship between the girls. Like a microcosm of the city itself, the girls' group assigns different roles to accomplish a common task, in which the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

1. How do you think group dynamics can forge bonds between individuals? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

2. Discuss several groups you have been in or seen that are unified in purpose and bonded as friends. Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

3. Discuss what you think is meant by the statement the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

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