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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 do Greg's parents tell him does not revolve around him?

2. Who does Greg imagine is taping him?

3. What does Greg hope he and his older brother can be one day?

4. What does Greg want the pig to help him find?

5. What does Greg think the people in his life may actually be?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Greg describe Rodrick?

2. What does Greg picture happening to future humans as they evolve?

3. How does a student win the big Balloon Brigade?

4. What does Greg think aliens are doing on earth?

5. What makes the electronic witch annoying?

6. How does Greg describe the geese in his town?

7. What evidence does Greg have for his belief that his family are robots?

8. What does the cartoon with Greg's tail wagging give away about him?

9. How does Greg know that the pet pig is smart?

10. Why does the rich man want to freeze his body until the future?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Greg feels like he becomes addicted to the Spineticklers series of books. What negative effects does he suffer? What positive effects do the books have on him? Why does he continue to search out the material?

Essay Topic 2

What details does the author use to help the reader tell the characters apart in the cartoons? Are the characters' pictures the way you imagine them from the descriptions?

Essay Topic 3

When Greg eats too many chocolate chips he goes to great lengths to cover it up. How does Greg's mistake lead to a great discovery? What does this say about ideas?

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