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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. Who is the only other person Scott knows in study hall in Chapter 2?

2. In Chapter 11, what day of the week does the school paper come out with Scott's article in it?

3. In Chapter 9, what is the score of the school football game in the first half?

4. At the end of Chapter 15 what is the weather like when Scott has gym class?

5. What are most of the classes that Patrick, Mitch and Kyle are taking?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Scott feel when he wakes up at the beginning of Chapter 5 and why?

2. In Chapter 12, how does Scott describe the new girl?

3. In Chapter 10, what wakes Scott when he is trying to sleep in and what does he do about it?

4. Why does Scott ask his mother if he was adopted in Chapter 9?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 1, what do Scott and his friends think high school will be like?

6. Why does Bobby leave home in Chapter 11?

7. Why are Scott's parents nervous about him starting high school?

8. In Chapter 5 how does Scott describe gym class?

9. What does Scott say about the book that Mouth reviews for the school paper in Chapter 11?

10. In Chapter 13, how does Mr. Franka have the class study poetry?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Julia tells Scott that she is envious of him. In what way have Scott and Julia been envious of one another? What do they both realize about their lives after discussing Julia’s comment that she is envious of Scott?

Essay Topic 2

Scott and Wesley become friends. Why at the beginning of the novel would it seem very unlikely that Scott and Wesley would become friends? How does their relationship develop, and how do they become friends in spite of their differences?

Essay Topic 3

At the beginning of the novel, Scott has three good friends. How does Scott’s relationship with Kyle, Patrick, and Mitch change as they enter high school? What are the circumstances that cause the boys to grow apart?

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