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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 Paul Hutchins call his wife?

2. What announcement do Margaret's grandparents make?

3. Who does Sylvia tell Margaret about in her letter?

4. Who takes the girls' coats upstairs at the Fishbein home?

5. What does Mr. Binamin say about his name?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Is Nancy Wheeler a big fake, as Margaret reports to God? Why or why not?

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

5. Why does Margaret hate Laura Danker?

6. Why does Margaret only turn in a letter for her project, while her classmates turn in booklets?

7. Why does Grandma Sylvia tell Margaret to disobey her mother by taking off her boots at Lincoln Center?

8. Why do Grandma Sylvia and Mr. Binamin come to visit?

9. Why does Margaret say her grandmother is almost as bad as everyone else?

10. Why does Margaret want to buy a box of sanitary napkins in Chapter 22?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How has Margaret changed at the end of the novel? What significant events lead to her change?

Essay Topic 2

How has religion caused conflict in the Simon family? What have they done to resolve this conflict?

Essay Topic 3

How is a club like a religion? How are they different? How do these organizations give one a sense of belonging?

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