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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 are the children going to do once Lill makes the arrangements, according to the story and according to Lill?

2. Whose death was the worst thing that ever happened to Mibs before her father's injury?

3. What does Will do that he admits his father cannot do, according to the story?

4. What helps to push Ozzie down when the children are rushing him during this chaotic scene?

5. How many children are on the bus during the main part of this story?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens after the paramedics arrive on the scene and talk with the children, according to the book?

2. What does Mibs learn from the TV report when she is resting in the back of the restaurant, according to the book?

3. What happens to cause silence to spread over the children and that makes Lill concerned, according to the book?

4. Are Lester and Lill going to get into trouble for helping the children during their journey, according to the book?

5. What happens when Mibs calls her parents to let them know she's all right, according to the book?

6. How does Mibs explain her savvy to Fish when he asks her about it in the diner, according to the book?

7. What does Lill suggest the children do once she learns the truth about their travels, according to the book?

8. What does Mibs suddenly think in her mind when Bobbi enters the back room to check up on her, according to the book?

9. What does it mean that a person needs to scumble a savvy, according to Mibs' mother?

10. What happens as a result of Ozzie seeing the children on the news report in the diner, according to the book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mibs wakes up on the morning of her birthday, not feeling any difference in her life or in her savvy.

Part 1: Why do you think Mibs is disappointed by not feeling her savvy immediately?

Part 2: If you were Mibs, would you want proof of your savvy immediately?

Part 3: How do you think Mibs would have responded if her savvy had appeared suddenly?

Essay Topic 2

Lill points out to Mibs that there is plenty of time for boys and that she should try to take things slowly, according to the book.

Part 1: Why does Mibs have troubles with boys?

Part 2: Do you think that Lill was right in offering advice to Mibs?

Part 3: How do you think Mibs might be able to show Will her interest in him?

Essay Topic 3

Samson, though he does not have a savvy yet, can calm anyone he touches, even Mibs.

Part 1: Do you think the calming touch of Samson is his savvy?

Part 2: How do you think Samson's savvy will develop?

Part 3: Why do you think Samson is able to calm anyone down in the story?

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