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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. Where does John first get some red spots?

2. In Chapter 6, what does John offer to eat to win back Susan?

3. What does Susan show John in Chapter 4?

4. In Chapter 2, what is on the coin that John finds?

5. What does the coin look like that John finds in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when John brushes his teeth in Chapter 2?

2. Why does Spider Wilson bother John in Chapter 4, and why does he take John's glove?

3. In Chapter 4, why does Susan want to see John?

4. What is John's one fault in Chapter 1?

5. What happens when John is taking his test in Chapter 5?

6. What do the students do at the beginning of Chapter 6?

7. In Chapter 4, what happens to Susan's silver dollar, and how does she feel about what happens?

8. What does John tell Miss Plimsole happened to his pencil in Chapter 6?

9. In Chapter 1, why do John's parents take John to the doctor?

10. What does John find when he opens the box of chocolate he buys from the candy store in Chapter 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is revealed about John and the type of person that he is at the beginning of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

The novel is told from a third-person omniscient point of view. What does the narrator seems to know about characters and events? How does having an omniscient narrator affect what readers know and feel about characters and events?

Essay Topic 3

As John’s problems escalate, he tries different ways to deal with his problems. What are some ways that John tries to solve his problems? How do the ways that he tries to solve problems reveal his immaturity?

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