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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 is Dave's only income in this chapter?

2. What do Beth and Dave think Toph is not ready for yet?

3. Where do Dave and Toph eat their meals?

4. What can Dave not convince Toph to do?

5. What is Toph always added onto at the last minute?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problems do Toph and Dave have living together?

2. In what way does Dave struggle with the memory of his parents in Chapter 4?

3. How does Dave help his mother in the first chapter?

4. What different directions do the characters take in Chapter 2?

5. Why doesn't Dave like telling people why he has to look after Toph?

6. How does Dave's disorganization affect Toph?

7. Why does Dave feel uncomfortable when he takes Toph to Little League games?

8. Give an example of Dave and Toph's being late.

9. What is wrong with Dave's mother at the beginning of Chapter 1?

10. Why does Dave struggle to discard of some of his parent possessions?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Dave's relationship with his parents.

1) Why does Dave hold his mother in much higher regard than his father?

2) How have Dave's parents affected his personality and the decisions he makes in the book?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the fake obituaries Dave and his fellow editors run in the Might magazine.

1) What comment is the magazine trying to make by running fake obituaries?

2) Why do the fake obituaries backfire so badly?

3) How do the fake obituaries express the book's theme of death and how people react to it?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss with the students first person point of view. Why do the students think first person point of view is not necessarily reliable? What moments in the book do the students think are not so reliable and why? With the students, discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using the first person point of view.

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