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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. Where is Janie when she checks her grades?

2. Where does Cabel hide when Mr. Durbin is with Janie outside of school?

3. Where does Janie get to use her power in school?

4. Who is dreaming at the beginning of the book?

5. Who helps Janie after she goes into Stacey's dream?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Janie learn from Miss Stubin?

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

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

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

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

6. What does Janie think of Stacey's dream, and why?

7. Why do Janie and Cabel go to school separately?

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

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

10. What gifts does Janie get for her birthday?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

What role does symbolism play in the stories and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

Essay Topic 3

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affected the course of the plot. Why might Lisa McMann have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

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