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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 Dreenie admire about Bluish?

2. What does Dreenie's mother think is a poor reason for excluding Bluish as a friend?

3. What school do Dreenie and Willie attend?

4. Why does she not bring up the topic she wants to discuss?

5. Who seems to be the responsible one of the three girls?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of action does Bluish take to teach the other children about her?

2. What does Dreenie's mother figure out about Bluish from Dreenie's description?

3. Who does Dreenie describe in her journal and what is her description of that person? What nickname do the children give her and why?

4. What does Dreenie wonder about Tuli and Tuli's behavior but what is her ultimate decision about being friends with Tuli?

5. What is Tuli like when Dreenie and Willie meet her on the street, why might she be like that and what is one of her favorite phrases?

6. What does Dreenie think she is and how does she feel about her sister's status with others? Where do they go to school?

7. What does Tuli want to do at Dreenie's house, how does Dreenie feel about that and what does Dreenie want in a friend?

8. Where is Dreenie and her sister at the beginning of Chapter 1 and what does the place look like?

9. How does Dreenie respond to Bluish's question, and how does she feel about her response later?

10. What does Dreenie notice about Bluish's attendance in school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dreenie's accurate appraisal of Tuli's need for attention and love demonstrates that Dreenie is quite wise. The reader begins to see that Dreenie's fears about low intelligence are unfounded, given her acumen about Tuli.

1. In what ways do you think Dreenie seems to be wise? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

2. In what ways do you think Dreenie demonstrates her intelligence? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

3. Discuss what you think is the difference between intelligence and wisdom. Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

On the subject of unity, it is also important to note the value of the group dynamic in forging the friendship between the girls. Like a microcosm of the city itself, the girls' group assigns different roles to accomplish a common task, in which the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

1. How do you think group dynamics can forge bonds between individuals? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

2. Discuss several groups you have been in or seen that are unified in purpose and bonded as friends. Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

3. Discuss what you think is meant by the statement the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Bluish parks her wheelchair right outside the classroom, so that kids have to squeeze around her in order to leave the classroom. Dreenie thinks about asking if Bluish needs help to move, but she does not ask. Bluish exclaims that she has put herself in the way so that the other kids are forced to look at her, as apparently everyone has been nervous around her and have been averting their eyes.

1. Discuss what you think life would be like if you were confined to a wheelchair. Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

2. Discuss why you think Bluish blocking the door with her wheelchair was or was not a good action on her part. Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

3. Explain why you think Bluish's classmates had a difficult time looking at her. Discuss their fears and uncertainties. Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

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