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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. Why doesn't Janie brush Mr. Durbin's touches away?

2. What does Mr. Durbin teach?

3. What is Captain's birthday gift to Janie?

4. What is Janie doing when Mr. Durbin touches her for the first time?

5. Why does Janie leave the room when Cabel falls asleep?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes it hard for Cabel to make friends?

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

3. What happens to Janie after reading the warning in the green notebook?

4. How is Janie different from her school mates?

5. How did Cabel recently help with a drug bust?

6. Why is Cabel so unhappy with Janie's new assignment?

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

8. Why does Janie do so badly in chemistry on her birthday?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sacrifice was a prevalent theme in this book. Who were the characters most affected by this theme, and how did they allow sacrifice to change their lives?

Essay Topic 2

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect the characters involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 3

Comic relief was a literary tool used well by McMann in this book. What are some of the key examples of this, and how did these scenes affect the plot of the book?

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