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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 is one thing different about Natalie?

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

3. Where does Dreenie guide Tuli and Willie?

4. What does Dreenie want to discuss?

5. Why does Dreenie hang around with Tuli?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who is Dreenie's best friend, what does she do to impress people and what sent her sobbing to the bathroom?

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

7. For what does Dreenie's mother lightly chastises her?

8. Why is Dreenie fearful of Bluish?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There is a cathartic, joyous moment in which the three girls, wearing Bluish's knit caps, admire themselves in the mirror. The moment is proof that beauty - in this case, Bluish learning to knit beautiful caps during her time in the hospital - can be forged out of ugliness (Bluish's illness). The author's message is that there is always a rainbow after the rain, and that good can be found in even the most unlikely of places.

1. What do you think is meant by a cathartic, joyous moment? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

2. Do you think beauty can be forged out of ugliness? Why or why not? Give at least one example other than the one in the above paragraph to illustrate your answer.

3. Discuss how good can be found even in the worse situation. Give at least one example other than the one in the above paragraph to illustrate your answer.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Willie is somewhat of a prodigy, and impresses teachers with her intelligence. Dreenie, by contrast, is "normal", and she is envious of the attention her sister gets and worried that she is a "dumbbell".

1. What do you think might be the difficulties a prodigy would face in life? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

2. If you are smarter than most people do you think it would be difficult not to feel superior to them? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

3. Do you think Dreenie's envy of her sister getting so much attention is a normal reaction? How do you think Dreenie might be able to overcome that envy? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

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