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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 kind of paper is all around Alexander Lin's room?

2. Why does A get emotional at Marc's grandfather's funeral?

3. What is the name of Alexander's best friend?

4. How does A get out of homeschool with George's family when they are inhabiting George?

5. How long has Vic known Dawn?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does A promise Rhiannon when they have to leave to go back to Xavier's house?

2. Why are Dana's parents so upset with their daughter on the day A inhabits her body?

3. Why is A uninterested in trying to inhabit a body for longer than a day, which Reverend Poole claims is possible to do?

4. Why does A refuse to go to Hawaii when they wake up as Michael?

5. Why does A feel so sad on the day that they are inhabiting Zara?

6. What does A discover about Dana on the day that they are inhabiting her body?

7. What surprise does A put together for Amelia for when she gets out of basketball practice?

8. Who does A meet up with at the library when they are inhabiting George, and what do they do?

9. Why does Rhiannon ask for another fortune cookie at the Chinese restaurant she goes to with A, and what does it say?

10. Who does A meet when they go to Nathan's house as Ainsley Mills, and what do they tell A?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A steps into the body of a different person every day, with no family, friends, or personal history to claim as their own. How does the experience of being different every day shape the way A sees and understands the world around them?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you analyze the strange relationship that develops between A and Nathan. What is the nature of this relationship, and how does is impact each of these characters? What do they ultimately learn from each other?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you analyze the various uses of symbolism the author uses in the novel. Be sure to include how these uses of symbolism strengthen the novel’s most prominent themes (such as belonging or self-acceptance.)

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