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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. Why does Natalie think that about the kids?

2. What school do Dreenie and Willie attend?

3. What does Dreenie tell Tuli to do?

4. How does Natalie look to Dreenie all the time?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dreenie convince her mother to let her do about her father?

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

3. 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?

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

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

6. Why does Dreenie want Tuli to stay for dinner?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

By introducing a gamut of reactions among the students to Bluish - from fear to pity to confusion to anger - the author is indicating that all of these feelings are normal, and that no one should be ashamed to feel what they are feeling around someone who is different like Bluish.

1. What do you think someone might fear around a child like Bluish? Discuss the physical, mental and emotional types of fear. Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

2. Do you think pity is beneficial for someone like Bluish? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

3. What do you think is the difference between pity and compassion? How might one respond to a person differently if he or she felt compassion instead of pity? 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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