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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 interrupts the brewing altercation in the girls’ restroom?

2. Which of the following oceans does Shayla perceive between her and Julia?

3. With what does the main text of the novel conclude?

4. Whom of the following witnesses does Shayla say dismiss Tyler’s entreaties?

5. With which of the following does Chapter 65: "Show Me" begin?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Shayla explain leading Tyler on to Isabella?

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

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

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

6. How does Shayla explain her lack of contact with her friends over the winter break?

7. What concern does Hana cite in making her choice of college to attend?

8. Why does Isabella rebuke Shayla for thinking she would engage with Jace?

9. What reasons does Shayla note for wanting a closer friendship with Yolanda?

10. What reason does Bernard give for having defended Alex?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The protagonist of the novel is a young Black girl. How might the novel be different were its protagonist a young Hispanic girl? Why might it be different in those ways?

Essay Topic 2

To which genre other than YA might A Good Kind of Trouble be argued to belong? How might it be argued to be part of that other genre?

Essay Topic 3

A lack of formal sectional division in the novel obliges a fairly arbitrary breakdown of the text for purposes of study and discussion. How might the novel be sectioned off other than it currently is? Why might those divisions be appropriate, based on the text and its contexts of composition and reception?

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