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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 is in the vivarium that the class visits?

2. What does Dreenie ask Ms. Baker about Bluish?

3. What do Bluish and Dreenie sort through?

4. Who is Lucky?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who decorated the Christmas tree in the classroom, what does Dreenie think of it and what has been added to the tree besides Christmas decorations?

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

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

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

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

7. What are Tuli, Dreenie and Bluish doing at Bluish's house?

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Willie is somewhat of a prodigy, and impresses teachers with her intelligence. Dreenie, by contrast, is "normal", and she is envious of the attention her sister gets and worried that she is a "dumbbell".

1. What do you think might be the difficulties a prodigy would face in life? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

2. If you are smarter than most people do you think it would be difficult not to feel superior to them? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

3. Do you think Dreenie's envy of her sister getting so much attention is a normal reaction? How do you think Dreenie might be able to overcome that envy? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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