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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 county is Bakersfield in?

2. In Chapter 6, what type of candy does Duke have on his desk?

3. What is Pattie doing at the beginning of Chapter 19?

4. Where did Dell Duke live before he moved to California?

5. How long does Willow last her first day in middle school?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 8, how do students begin to treat Willow differently?

2. What does Willow fix herself to drink after she gets home in Chapter 10?

3. What did Jairo Hernandez decide to do in Chapter 13 and why?

4. How does Duke use Winkleman's areas of evaluation to describe Willow after his session with her?

5. What did Mai tell Duke that they needed to do in Chapter 16?

6. Why is WIllow called to the principal's office in Chapter 4?

7. Why does Duke change Quang-ha's classification in Chapter 11?

8. What does the taxi driver think about Willow when he picks her up in Chapter 12?

9. In Chapter 2, what are Willow's obsessions?

10. Why does Duke go to Mai's high school in Chapter 27?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jairo decides that Willow is his angel. Why does Jairo decide that Willow is his angel, and how does that affect their relationship?

Essay Topic 2

Mai finds an acorn and decides to keep it. Why does Mai decide to keep the acorn and what does it symbolize?

Essay Topic 3

Quang-ha resents Willow when she comes to stay with them. How would you describe the relationship between Quang-ha and Willow at the beginning of the novel? How does the relationship change and what factors cause the relationship to change?

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