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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 color are the towels in the Willows family bathroom?

2. As which of the following does Shayla’s mother euphemize her acne?

3. With whom is Bernard partnered for a density lab?

4. In which of the following does Angie compete?

5. With which of the following does Chapter 31: "Bounce" begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Alex tease Shayla in the wake of the preseason meet?

2. How does Shayla note having met Yolanda?

3. What advice does Shayla receive about running hurdles when she first begins to train for them?

4. What reaction does Shayla’s mother have to her dressing up as a Black Panther for Halloween?

5. What reason does Shayla give for carrying a purse?

6. Why does Shayla note liking lockers?

7. How does Shayla’s mother note her friendship with Janice began?

8. What does Shayla cite as the origin of her friendship with Isabella and Julia?

9. What advice does Hana offer Shayla about Jace?

10. How does Shayla define talking?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What significance accrues to the relative lack of depictions of fatherhood in the novel? How does that significance emerge?

Essay Topic 2

To what extent can the protagonist be read as a stand-in for the author? What in the text and its contexts suggests as much, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

In the text, some characters receive full names—that is, given name and surname or family name—or have them heavily implied. Others do not. How does the naming align to the relative importance of the characters concerned, and what in the text indicates as much?

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