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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. How many medications did two different physicians want to prescribe Robin?

2. When did Theo and Alyssa camp and spend time in the woods where Theo and Robin camp on his birthday?

3. How much of every dollar goes to slow habitat destruction for the organization that Robin donates his first painting sales to?

4. What is the name of Alyssa's mother?

5. How many minutes of video does Theo have of his own mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Robin's days improve with the DecNef sessions?

2. What does Theo remember about his childhood?

3. How did Robin get his name?

4. Why does the school contact Theo when he is nearly finished with a lecture for the undergraduate astrobiology survey?

5. How is Christmas at Aly's parents better than Thanksgiving?

6. What does Robin work on during his second DecNef session?

7. What is the tent like that Theo and Robin bring for their birthday camping trip, and who sets it up?

8. After Robin learns to move a dot in his mind during his first DecNef session, what does Currier have him do?

9. On page 5, how does Theo explain why Robin was struggling at school and got a two-day suspension?

10. What problems are there when Robin and Theo go to Thanksgiving with Aly's parents?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in Bewilderment? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 2

Mood is an element that authors use to evoke feelings in readers through the use of descriptive language. Mood is the overall feeling that readers have when reading a story. What is the overall mood of Bewilderment?

Essay Topic 3

Robin is difficult to deal with in June. Why is Robin difficult to deal with in June? What is conveyed about mental health through Robin’s struggles?

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