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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 April send Nick a note saying she wants to look for?

2. Why does Nick not play football?

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

4. How does Nick characterize the morning of his mother’s return?

5. What does Nick tell Mr. MacDonald his favorite book is?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mr. MacDonald reprise Nick’s punishment assignment?

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

3. What happens in Nick and April’s conversation after her swim practice?

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

5. How does Nick characterize futsal?

6. How does Nick characterize Mr. MacDonald?

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

8. What is it that brings Nick’s mother back from Kentucky?

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

10. Why is Nick prevented from going to his soccer tournament on the weekend?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write a character sketch of the author based on her style and content. What can we tell about him, based on the choices she makes in terms of description, characterization and plot? What values does he hold dear? What are his hopes and fears? What kind of person do you think he is? Anchor your sketch in passages in the book.

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