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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 does Janie have to lie to Carrie about?

2. Where is Stacy when Janie sees her dream?

3. What does Janie have trouble admitting to Cabel after she gets home from the grocery store?

4. What keeps Cabel from coming to Janie's house the day after her run in with Mr. Durbin?

5. Why does Janie have to do the grocery shopping?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Stacey's dream in Study hall about?

2. Why does Janie allow Mr. Durbin's inappropriate conduct to continue unchallenged?

3. How does Janie feel about the case she has just been assigned to?

4. What do Janie and Carrie fight about for the first time in the book?

5. What does Mr. Wang talk to Janie about on her birthday?

6. What do the two calls recorded by the Captain reveal?

7. What is the warning at the beginning of the green notebook?

8. How does Janie's gift affect her?

9. What does Captain say when she hears about the fliers for Mr. Durbin's party?

10. What does Janie try to see when her mother is dreaming at the beginning of the book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which character did you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How did this character change throughout the book?

Essay Topic 2

Rest and recuperation was something Janie needed many times in this book. When did she use this, and what were some of the effects this resting had on the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Irony was a strong theme in this book. What are some of the instances where irony was present, and how did these ironic events affect the characters involved in those scenes?

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