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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 does Jas tell Lindsay's neighbor about what they are doing at her home?

2. Who is the first guest to come while Georgia's mother is gone?

3. What movie do the girls watch at their slumber party?

4. How does Georgia react to her teacher's answer?

5. Why doesn't Georgia stop talking to Rosie, Ellen, and Jools during her fight with Jas?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Georgia's first kiss with Robbie occur?

2. How do Georgia and Jas's friends feel about the argument between Jas and Georgia?

3. Why does Georgia have to forfeit the tennis semifinals?

4. What does Georgia worry about at the end of the February chapter?

5. Why do Georgia and Jas conclude that Robbie doesn't like Lindsay?

6. How does Georgia's relationship with Robbie resolve itself?

7. Why does Georgia stay home from school in the July chapter?

8. What does Jas tell Lindsay's neighbor when he wants to know what she and Georgia are doing?

9. How did Robbie react when Jas asked if he was engaged?

10. Who is Jem?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the relationship between Georgia and her mother. How does Georgia feel about her mother? What does she dislike about her? Does she trust her mother for advice? Why does Georgia prefer to consult her mother's books and magazines, instead of looking to her mother for answers to her questions? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 2

Georgia says that she appreciates the normalcy of Jas's family. Is Georgia's family really so abnormal, or is she simply a teenager who is embarrassed by her family in a typical fashion? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 3

Angus is in the novel's title, and plays a significant role throughout the course of the novel. Why is he so significant? What is his relationship to Georgia? Why did she choose to have such a difficult and wild pet? In what ways does she identify with Angus? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

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