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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. Who is Granmom Gilla?

2. What is the acronym of the disease Bluish has?

3. What does Bluish volunteer to do in the group?

4. What do Tuli, Bluish and Dreenie do concerning Willie?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. About what does Bluish speak to the class, what does she give them and how do they respond?

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

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

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

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

6. 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

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

8. What does Bluish's mother bring the girls, and how does Dreenie describe Bluish's parents?

9. With whom does Tuli live, what does she do for a living, what does she cook the girls and what does she do after they eat?

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

Dreenie doesn't want Tuli to stay for dinner, but her mom doesn't mind. Dreenie is worried about Tuli's grandmother, because Tuli is the one who cooks for the both of them. Tuli getting home late means that Tuli's grandmother will be eating late. Dreenie's mom lightly chastises Dreenie for acting too grown-up and responsible.

1. Do you think Dreenie should be worrying about Tuli's grandmother? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

2. Do you think Dreenie acts too responsible and grown-up? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

3. Would you rather be friends with someone who is too responsible or someone who is too irresponsible? Why? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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