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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 Bluish say when Dreenie calls her Bluish?

2. To what does Dreenie invite Bluish?

3. What does Bluish tell the class at the beginning of Chapter 5?

4. What changes for Bluish on the day she addresses the class?

5. What lands on Bluish's arm?

Short Essay Questions

1. When does Dreenie arrive at school in Chapter 4 and what does she do when she gets there?

2. How is Dreenie beginning to feel at school and with whom does she have a positive connection?

3. What does Dreenie say is the way she sees Bluish as feeling physically?

4. What does Mrs. Baker tell the students about why they are lucky and what does she say about the way the students are with Bluish?

5. What is the class going to be starting in Chapter 4?

6. How do some of the students feel about Bluish?

7. What does Dreenie tell Mrs. Baker she wants to know after Bluish leaves for an appointment and why do she and the other students want this information

8. What lands on Bluish's arm and what does Max say that upsets her?

9. With whom is Dreenie going to work on her project?

10. Where do Tuli and Dreenie go with Bluish in Chapter 4 and how do Tuli and Dreenie act?

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

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 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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