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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. With which of the following does Chapter 42: "As If" begin?

2. With which of the following does Chapter 64: "Go Down Big" begin?

3. With which of the following does Chapter 70: "New Path" begin?

4. With which of the following does Chapter 37: "BD / AD" begin?

5. In what leg of the relay does Shayla run?

Short Essay Questions

1. What challenge does Shayla’s mother put before Principal Trask?

2. How does the novel define “dog-piling” (248)?

3. 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?

4. Why does Shayla tell Bernard to take off his improvised armband?

5. Why, per Hana, do those in power quash protests?

6. What demand does Principal Trask make of Shayla that she refuses?

7. What is Mr. Powell’s warning to Shayla?

8. What commendation does Hana offer Shayla as she assists in her school protest?

9. What is Shayla’s mother’s rule about dinner?

10. How does Shayla describe the starting position enforced by using blocks on the track?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Explicate the significance of the protagonist’s family name.

Essay Topic 3

Repeatedly in the novel, the protagonist associates itchy palms with coming troubles. Typically, however, itchy palms indicates financial concerns, often greed for money. What effect does the reframing of the symbolism in the present novel have, and how is it achieved?

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