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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 happens when Tuli gets home late?
2. What is Natalie allowed to bring to school?
3. What does Dreenie say about standing out in class?
4. Upon what street are Dreenie and her sister walking?
5. About what do Dreenie and Willie argue?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Dreenie say is the reason she is writing a journal and what does she admire about Bluish?
2. Why does Dreenie have an argument with her sister as they are walking?
3. How does Dreenie respond to Bluish's question, and how does she feel about her response later?
4. 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?
5. What does Dreenie do after Tuli is with her and Willie?
6. With whom is Dreenie spending time in Chapter 3 and why is Dreenie uncomfortable?
7. Why does Dreenie want Tuli to stay for dinner?
8. What makes Bluish different from other children, and who comes to school with her?
9. For what does Dreenie's mother lightly chastises her?
10. What does Dreenie tell her mother when her mother coaxes her to talk?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The Christmas tree itself is an amalgamation of all the major holidays, with Christmas ornaments, a Jewish menorah, and a Kwanzaa candelabra. Multiculturalism and its associated virtues of tolerance and unity are clearly values the author wishes to celebrate.
1. Why do you think it is important to have many different cultures holidays acknowledged? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.
2. Why do you think tolerance of others is important in the world? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.
3. What do you think humans could accomplish if instead wars humans were united across the world? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Bluish's mom Rita confronts Dreenie and Tuli about what she perceives as Bluish's derogatory nickname. This episode foregrounds the importance of ethnic and cultural identity, with Rita defending her daughter against what, to her mind, is an attack on her heritage.
1. Do you think Bluish's mother was right to feel the way she did about Bluish's nickname from the children? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.
2. Why do you think an awareness of one's ethnic and cultural identity is important? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.
3. How does Bluish's mother's idea about her daughter's nickgame illustrate the statement don't assume? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Dreenie makes it clear the act of writing a journal is not about getting a grade at school, but just about wanting to write about Bluish. Dreenie admires Bluish's puppy and choice of hats.
1. What do you think the value of keeping a journal might be. Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.
2. Dreenie admires Bluish's hats and her puppy. How do you think this admiration could help Dreenie to become friends with Bluish? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.
3. Why do you think Bluish is allowed to bring her puppy to class? Do you think she should be allowed to do that? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.
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