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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 60: "Dress Codes & Disciplinary Action" begin?

2. With what project does Tyler offer to help Shayla?

3. What is the vehicle of Richard’s metaphor about the unfairness of the world?

4. With which of the following does Chapter 53: "Black & Blue" begin?

5. Which of the following is noted as Hana’s favorite movie?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Shayla reject the premise of “blue lives matter”?

2. Why does Shayla express disbelief at the trial verdict?

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

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

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

6. How is Coach West dressed when she greets Shayla at the mall?

7. Why does Shayla muse on missing visiting Julia’s grandmother?

8. For what reason is Shayla made to apologize to Principal Trask?

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

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

Sources attest to the presence of A Good Kind of Trouble on best-seller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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