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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. Where was the team from that beat Nick’s team at the Dallas Cup?

2. Why does Nick laugh when his father suggests he take a break from the Dictionary of Weird and Wonderful Words?

3. How does Mr. MacDonald entertain Nick and the nurses on his floor?

4. What does Nick tell Mr. MacDonald was wrong with his body?

5. What does the psychologist tell Nick to think about before he comes back next time?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is left to be resolved at the end of Booked?

2. How do Nick’s parents handle his hospitalization?

3. What report does Coby give Nick of the Dallas Cup?

4. What is Nick’s ride in April’s father’s car like?

5. How does the psychologist help Nick deal with his parents’ split?

6. What happens in the conversation between Nick and Coby when Coby comes to visit him in the hospital?

7. What date has Nick’s mother arranged for him and April, and how does it go?

8. How does Nick give yet another meaning to the word “booked” in his conversation with Coby (257)?

9. What does Nick learn about Mr. MacDonald’s dragonfly box?

10. What are the medical issues Nick discovers when he gets treatment?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Who is the audience for Booked? What is the ideal reader for Booked likely to think about the book’s main topics? How does this book try to affect the reader? What is it trying to teach him or her, or get him or her to do?

Essay Topic 3

What are the challenges Nick overcomes to make this book a rite of passage for him? How does he overcome these challenges, and what does he learn at each stage? What are the next set of challenges that come into view for Nick?

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