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

2. How far has Nick gotten into his father’s dictionary, when he is in the hospital?

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

4. What does April text Nick a picture of?

5. What does Nick use “rumplestiltskin” to mean (260)?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Nick miss the Dallas Cup?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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