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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 jewelry does Mary wear that Margaret notices?

2. What does Margaret think of the letter from her grandparents?

3. What announcement do Margaret's grandparents make?

4. Who gives Margaret a new bathing suit for her birthday?

5. How do Margaret and Mrs. Wheeler get the bathroom stall that Nancy is in open?

Short Essay Questions

1. Is Barbara Simon glad her parents are coming, as Margaret suggests?

2. Why does Nancy think she will get her period next?

3. What is Mrs. Fishbein's impression of Norman's class?

4. Why does Margaret think Mr. Benedict is sneaky?

5. Why does Margaret hate Laura Danker?

6. Why does Laura Danker call Margaret a liar and a pig?

7. What does Margaret discover about Nancy in the Steak Place restroom?

8. How does Margaret know the invitation is not from a friend from New York or camp?

9. Why does Margaret rip Nancy's postcard to tiny shreds?

10. What are the reasons Mrs. Simon's parents give for visiting?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do the parents influence their children in the novel? How do their actions help or hurt their children as they go through adolescence?

Essay Topic 2

Why might Barbara Simon not fit in with the other women on Mockingbird Lane? What might her life have been like in New York? How is her new life different?

Essay Topic 3

Margaret claims to hate religious holidays. Her father says the holiday songs are for everyone and have nothing to do with religion. What meaning do Margaret and her father give religious holidays? How are their views similar? How are they different?

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