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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. With what is Tuli tasked in the group?

2. Why is Rita annoyed with Dreenie and Bluish's other friends?

3. What does Dreenie think about Bluish's home?

4. What is the next field trip the class is going to take?

5. What does Rita think of the name "Bluish"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What kind of toy does Bluish present to the class and what does Mrs. Baker say about it?

3. Where does Dreenie invite Bluish and what does Bluish say about the invitation?

4. What does Dreenie's project group decide upon as their topic and who writes up their agreement and why?

5. What does Mrs. Baker tell the students about Bluish's illness?

6. What does Rita say to the girls about Bluish's nickname?

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

8. 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?

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

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

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

Bluish and Dreenie share an emotional moment with the Blue Morpho butterfly, continues the notion that beauty can come from ugliness. Just like the lowly caterpillar can undergo a dramatic transformation into a beautiful butterfly, Bluish can emerge from this dark point in her life to "take flight" like the butterfly and emerge stronger and more beautiful than she was prior to the cancer.

1. Discuss how Bluish's situation from the beginning of the book to the end could be compared to the transformation of a caterpillar to a butterfly. Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

2. Do you think that everyone can emerge from a dark situation in his or her life and emerge stronger? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

3. Unfortunately, there are some children who are abused in this world. Some of those children grow up to be kind and loving adults while some become bitter and even violent. Why do you think this is true? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Bluish takes time to make a paper sign she hangs around her neck. It reads, "I was born human. I'm named Natalie. But you can call me Bluish".

1. Explain why you think Bluish wrote that sign. Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

2. Why do you think Bluish said the students could call her Bluish instead of Natalie? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

3. How do you think a person could take an insult or a name they are called and use it to change others' opinions of them? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

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