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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 helps Janie recover fast after pausing a dream?

2. How does Janie contact Captain after her meeting with Mr. Durbin?

3. Why is it hard for Captain to reassure Janie after she reads the warning?

4. What does Janie find in the punch after the party gets going?

5. Why does Janie arrange a study group for a certain class?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Janie do when she is brought into a bedroom during the party?

2. Why does Janie think nobody ever complained about what happened at previous parties?

3. What does Miss Stubin say to Janie during the party?

4. Why does Janie ask Stacey for help with the party?

5. Why does Janie hold a study group?

6. How does the private meeting between Janie and Mr. Durbin come about?

7. Why is Janie so hesitant to read everything in Miss Stubin's notebook?

8. What surprises Janie when she holds a study group?

9. What does Janie have her class vote on?

10. How does Miss Stubin continue to give advice to Janie in this case?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Education and the importance of training is a constant theme in this book. Where does this theme appear, and which characters are most affected by it?

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

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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