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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 is one major reason Edward does not want to go to the crash memorial ceremony in Part III?
2. What does Besa ask Edward that deeply embarrasses him in Part IV?
3. Who is Edward's gym teacher?
4. What club does Principal Arundhi first ask Edward to join in Part IV?
5. What does Florida tell Linda she wants to do most when she gets to Los Angeles?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why are Lacey and John so panicked about Edward's health and mental state in Part III?
2. In Part III, what are Edward's feelings on New Year's Day?
3. What do Shay and Edward realize many of the letters in the garage ask of Edward?
4. What does Mark ask Veronica in Part IV, and what does Veronica say in response?
5. In Part III, why does Shay tell Edward he cannot sleep in her room any more?
6. In Part IV, what question does Besa confront Edward with?
7. In Part IV, what starts to happen on the airplane just around the time Crispin Cox is pronounced dead?
8. What does Edward do instead of partaking in gym class in Part III, and why?
9. What is Mark Lassio's main focus on the flight?
10. In Part IV, why does Edward decide to start to change his eating habits?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Immediately after the crash, what are some of the things adults do and say to Edward that he finds unbearable and/or confusing? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing Napolitano's handling of the theme of trauma. How does Edward work through his trauma, and how do other characters in the novel, both his age and older, both loved ones and strangers, help him through the process?
Essay Topic 3
How does visiting Madame Victory change Edward's outlook on the responsibilities and pressures he has been feeling as the sole survivor of the crash? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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