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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 do Wanda and Red go to see after visiting the otters in Chapter 42?

2. In Chapter 41, where is Wanda planning to take Red?

3. In Chapter 53, what time does Red call Wanda?

4. In Chapter 35, what were the names of men who were partying with Wanda when Red was three?

5. What picture is on the postcard Marvin sends from Hawaii?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Marvin use a video of puppies to show the type of video Red needs to create to show the judge that she should live with her mom?

2. In Chapter 45, how has Red been practicing with her wind and what progress is she making?

3. What does Red remember about being found the night she found Tuck?

4. Why does Celine drive Red to her first unsupervised visit with Wanda?

5. What happens to Celine as the Grooves start to open presents on Christmas Eve?

6. What is the treatment plan for Celine?

7. What news do Jackson and Celine have for Red when Celine comes home?

8. How does Red stop her tornado?

9. What does Red decide about living without something and what example does she use?

10. What happens at the otter exhibit in Chapter 42?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Accumulation is a literary device that allows an author to gather scattered ideas in a literary work and gradually build on information readers need to know. From whose perspective are various sections of All the Impossible Things told? How does each section add information? How Lackey use accumulation to advance the plot and provide important details to readers?

Essay Topic 2

The climax in a novel is the highest point of tension and a turning point. What is the climax of All the Impossible Things and why is that incident the climax?

Essay Topic 3

Foreshadowing is a method authors use to hint at events to come in a novel. How does Lackey use foreshadowing in All the Impossible Things? Does the use of foreshadowing create suspense?

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