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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 do Hattie, Mom and Dad go at the end of the book?

2. Where does Hattie say she is going as she leaves Nana's house?

3. What does Hattie admit to herself about Leila?

4. What is Cookie's real name?

5. What does Adam say he is planning with Leila?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Adam react on the Ferris Wheel ride?

2. How does Adam disrupt lunch by abusing the buzzer and creating a scene?

3. Why does Hattie think that she was not a good friend to Leila?

4. How does Hattie feel about Cookie and in what way does Cookie not understand Hattie?

5. How is Adam restrained at the carnival and what reason does Hattie give to Dad about not asking permission for Adam to go to the carnival?

6. What traumatic experience does Adam have at the boardinghouse when he bursts into Angel's room?

7. Describe Adam's day at the carnival with Hattie and Leila.

8. What is Mom's explanation when Hattie asks why she never had any other children?

9. Who are the Strowskys, and how does Hattie meet them?

10. What does Hattie explain about the ways friends can come into your life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the overall setting for the story. Why does the author use the setting she does? What is the time period of the story? How important is the time period to the attitudes and issues of the characters?

Essay Topic 2

Intolerance takes on an almost human persona in this book. What role does intolerance play in the lives of the characters? What is this literary technique called? Cite examples that support this position.

Essay Topic 3

Explain Ann M. Martin's use of regionalism in the book. Cite examples of at least two different instances of regionalism and explain why the author used them where she did.

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