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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 “callipygous” mean (258)?

2. What is it that keeps Nick’s father from answering Nick’s awkward question at dinner?

3. Whose training comes in handy when Dean Eggleston charges Nick?

4. How does Nick characterize Into the Dust?

5. How long will Nick be out of school after surgery?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What signs does Nick have that things are all getting back to normal and even getting good?

5. What advice does Nick’s father give him about handling fights?

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

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

8. How does Nick explain what happened that caused him to end up in therapy?

9. How does Nick end up being pulled out of the game against Coby’s team?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When is Booked most itself? What is its characteristic passage, or moment? What makes that moment or passage the most representative of the book as a whole? Are there any places where the book seems to depart from its typical self, as if to become a different book?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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