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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. Which of the following students accosts Alex?
2. With what does Principal Trask threaten Shayla?
3. Which of the following teachers keeps Shayla after class?
4. Of what does Shayla note Principal Trask’s breath smells?
5. With which of the following does Chapter 48: "Fight!" begin?
Short Essay Questions
1. What challenge does Shayla’s mother put before Principal Trask?
2. How does the novel define “dog-piling” (248)?
3. How does Shayla explain her lack of contact with her friends over the winter break?
4. What is Mr. Powell’s warning to Shayla?
5. What commendation does Hana offer Shayla as she assists in her school protest?
6. Shayla notes that Ms. Jacobs had offered to skip any portions of the eyeball journal paper-clipped together. What passage, if any, does Shayla opt to clip?
7. For what reason is Shayla made to apologize to Principal Trask?
8. Why does Isabella rebuke Shayla for thinking she would engage with Jace?
9. What demand does Principal Trask make of Shayla that she refuses?
10. What is Shayla’s mother’s rule about dinner?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What overall attitude toward violence does the novel display, and how does it show that attitude?
Essay Topic 2
In the acknowledgements, the author cites sensitivity readers, noting in regards to the former that “Any mistakes with cultural representation are mine and mine alone”; she also cites an informant on “middle school lingo,” Jazz, and remarks “but if I got any of that wrong, it is totally my fault” (360). What purpose is served by the author doing so, and how is it served?
Essay Topic 3
At the beginning of Chapter 5, Shayla muses on enjoying lockers in part because they facilitate her “pretending [she is] an international jewel thief” (24). Why might such a “good-girl” character enjoy such pretense? What in the novel and in experience suggest as much, and how do they do so?
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