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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 does Nick’s mother nag him to do?

2. What does Nick say April’s last name means?

3. What does the librarian invite Nick and Coby to join?

4. What kind of job is Nick’s mother going to take?

5. What is the phrase “to nip something in the butt” an example of?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Mr. MacDonald give Nick in the library, and what are the conditions under which he gives it to him?

3. What is Nick’s reaction to his parents’ bombshell?

4. What happens when Nick meets the Egglestons in the library?

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

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

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

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

9. How is Nick’s team at futsal?

10. What is the significance of “limerence” (114)?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Evaluate the ending of Booked. Does it ring true to you? Does it successfully resolve the problems and tensions that preceded it? What would you change, if anything? What are you left wishing for closure on, if anything?

Essay Topic 2

How does Kwame Alexander portray parents and the world of adults in Booked? What kinds of things are reserved for parents alone? What kinds of things do kids and parents have in common with parents? What kinds of access do the younger characters get, to the parents’ knowledge and authority, by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 3

What topics would you like to research further, after reading Booked. Describe why additional research or reading would be beneficial to an understanding of this book. Propose a list of articles or books you would read in order to get a better handle on Booked.

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