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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. Who is Tuli?
2. What is one thing different about Natalie?
3. To what does Dreenie compare Natalie's skin?
4. Why is Dreenie worried about the grandmother?
5. In what grade is Dreenie?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Tuli do when she sees Dreenie and Willie on the street and what happens?
2. What are Dreenie's thoughts about Bluish's appearance, what does she want to do about Bluish's puppy and what does she think about the puppy coming to school?
3. What does Dreenie think is gross about Bluish and what does Dreenie's mother urge her to do?
4. What makes Bluish different from other children, and who comes to school with her?
5. What does Dreenie notice about Bluish's attendance in school?
6. 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?
7. Where is Dreenie and her sister at the beginning of Chapter 1 and what does the place look like?
8. How does Dreenie respond to Bluish's question, and how does she feel about her response later?
9. Who is Dreenie's best friend, what does she do to impress people and what sent her sobbing to the bathroom?
10. What does Dreenie's father say about Bluish?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Tuli functions in the book as comic relief, with her amusing antics relieving the tension of the main story and the gravity of Bluish's serious condition. Comic moments with Tuli are accomplished with her outlandish, silly sayings and also her clumsy mannerisms, as when she intentionally slips on the sidewalk ice to get attention.
1. What do you think is the importance of comic relief in a book which centers on a serious illness of a young person? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.
2. Explain why you think other children would think Tuli is funny. Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.
3. Discuss a person you know in school who uses humor to get attention. Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Dreenie discusses how Bluish stands out in class, and how her wheelchair makes kids feel awkward, and how her pale appearance is weird. Dreenie's mom urges Dreenie to treat Bluish like she would any other kid, and not to single her out based on her appearance.
1. Do you think most children judge others based on their appearance? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.
2. Do you think all adults would have given the same advice to Dreenie that her mother gives? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.
3. There are many forms of prejudice in this world. Explain how judging Bluish based on her skin color and wheelchair relates to judging someone because of his or her religion, life style or race. Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
The last pages promise rebirth and resurrection for the characters and especially for Bluish, and this promise is strongly (and conveniently) linked to the coming New Year and the upcoming spring season.
1. Discuss the metaphor of spring with the changes in Bluish's life. Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.
2. Discuss the metaphor of spring with the changes in Dreenie's life. Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.
3. Discuss three instances of symbolism or metaphor in "Bluish". Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.
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