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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 store does Maribel's mother own?
2. Why does Frannie say she left the gym before Sean's game was over?
3. Who does Frannie sit down across from?
4. Who is the first to ask the new boy's name?
5. When do Frannie's mom and dad begin attending church?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Frannie argue when Samantha says that Jesus might have chosen to come to Price at this time because there's a war going on?
2. What does Frannie say about their parents decision not to have an operation that might have made Sean hear and about what her mother sometimes does to Sean's ears?
3. How was Trevor injured?
4. What does Frannie say some people might see if they looked into her neighborhood and what does she think about her neighborhood?
5. What does Frannie note about Samantha's manners and what happens at the table to make her take note of them?
6. What are the scars on Frannie's hands, where did they come from and what does her mother do to them sometimes?
7. What did Frannie's parents begin doing after Lila's death and what is the significance of this action?
8. What does Frannie say about her grandmother, her church attendance and her Bible?
9. What does Frannie say about miracles and what is the miracle that happens in her own life?
10. What does Frannie say about Trevor's reputation and the way other children felt about him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When Trevor is picking on the new boy about being white, the boy counters, saying that Trevor obviously has a white father who lives on the other side of the highway. Was the new boy right to strike Trevor in a way that was so hurtful? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Who is Samantha? What is her relationship to Frannie? Who is Maribel? What is her relationship to Frannie? Compare Samantha and Maribel. Which character is most likable? Why?
Essay Topic 3
List one of the major themes of this book? Give at least three examples of theme in the story.
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