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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 the nurse bring Nick for breakfast?

2. What does Nick allow April to call him?

3. What sport is the boy good at, in the book Nick is reading in the hospital?

4. What keeps Nick in the hospital longer than planned?

5. How does Coby convince Nick to ask April out?

Short Essay Questions

1. What deal does Nick’s father make with him regarding how much TV he can watch?

2. What question does Nick ask his parents that he does not get an answer to?

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

4. What happens when Nick confronts the Egglestons at Charlene’s pool party?

5. How does Nick characterize Coby’s play in the game their teams play?

6. What is Nick’s favorite part of Into the Dust?

7. What happens to the gift Mr. MacDonald bring Nick?

8. How do Nick’s parents set him up then break his spirit?

9. What is Nick’s visit with April like?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Would you recommend Booked? For what purposes would you recommend Booked, and what kinds of readers would you recommend it for? What other book would you recommend that would cover the same material or tell the same story in a different way? Would you read the prequel and sequel to Booked? Why or why not?

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

How does Nick’s relationship with his father develop over the course of the book? What is it like in the beginning, and what are the moments that change it? How has it changed by the end, and how do you know it has changed?

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