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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. About what does Tuli complain?

2. What worries one boy about Bluish's disease?

3. Of what is Dreenie's teacher proud?

4. Why is Natalie unsure about accepting the invitation?

5. What is the symbolic meaning of the decoration Bluish brings?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What type of exhibit do the kids enter at the Natural History Museum and why does Bluish stand?

4. What is the surprise in class that Dreenie springs on Bluish?

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

6. What does Bluish write on a sign she hangs around her neck and how does Dreenie help her with it?

7. 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?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dreenie confidently wheels Bluish around, but also knows when to hang back and let Bluish feel in control by guiding her own wheelchair.

1. What do you think has given Dreenie the confidence she displays? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

2. Why do you think it is important for Bluish to be able to do what she can within the limits of her illness? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

3. How do you think your class would change if each student strove to the best of his or her abilities? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Tuli is a mirror of Dreenie and Bluish in that she is also acting out due to feelings of low self-worth or inadequacy. In this case, Tuli's fake accent and outrageous attitude is her way of trying to belong.

1. What do you think is meant by the statement that Tuli is a mirror? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

2. Why do you think feelings of low self-worth or inadequacy causes Tuli to act out? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

3. Why is it important to children to feel like they belong in the group of other students? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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