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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 kind of award does Mr. MacDonald have in his room?

2. What causes Ms. Hardwick to call Nick to the front of the class and read his notebook?

3. What is Nick’s role as Coby fights with Dean Eggleston?

4. Where does Nick wake up after dreaming of moonwalking with Michael Jackson?

5. What does April give Nick a rain check for?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Nick’s team at futsal?

2. What are the consequences of Nick’s limerence poem?

3. How does Nick end up talking to April, and what does he say?

4. What is Nick’s relationship with books and literature like?

5. What is the fallout of the fight Coby and Dean Eggleston have in the cafeteria?

6. How did it come to pass that Nick and Coby are on opposing soccer teams?

7. How does Nick explain the leeway Mr. MacDonald gets from the students of Langston Hughes Middle School?

8. What is the style of Booked?

9. What is Nick like as a student?

10. What is Nick’s relationship with his mother like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Evaluate your own reading of Booked—did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.

Essay Topic 2

Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?

Essay Topic 3

Write an evaluative review of Booked. What is this book’s place in our culture? Who will find this book most useful? What are its uses? What are its limitations?

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