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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 Deenie think of offering Natalie?

2. What school do Dreenie and Willie attend?

3. Why does Tuli accept Dreenie's invitation?

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

5. Why is Tuli more confident than other kids in he grade?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dreenie feel about her sister and for what is her sister known?

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

3. What does Bluish do at school and what does she ask Dreenie? How does Dreenie mistake her question?

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

5. What makes Bluish different from other children, and who comes to school with her?

6. What does Dreenie do after Tuli is with her and Willie?

7. With whom is Dreenie spending time in Chapter 3 and why is Dreenie uncomfortable?

8. What does Tuli do when she sees Dreenie and Willie on the street and what happens?

9. Why does Dreenie have an argument with her sister as they are walking?

10. What does Dreenie think is gross about Bluish and what does Dreenie's mother urge her to do?

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 confidently wheels Bluish around, but also knows when to hang back and let Bluish feel in control by guiding her own wheelchair.

1. What do you think has given Dreenie the confidence she displays? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

2. Why do you think it is important for Bluish to be able to do what she can within the limits of her illness? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

3. How do you think your class would change if each student strove to the best of his or her abilities? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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