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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 Juli see Shelly doing with Bryce?
2. What do Bryce's mother and sister worry about concerning the eggs?
3. In what grade does Juli begin to raise chickens?
4. What does Bryce's grandfather say about one's character?
5. Who watches Juli as she climbs the tree that day?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Juli end up selling eggs, and why does she give eggs to Mrs. Loski?
2. How does Juli again rescue Bryce in the sixth grade?
3. How does Bryce learn about the condition of Juli's backyard?
4. What kind of student is Juli?
5. What does Juli think is neighborly to do and why does she want to help Bryce?
6. Why does Juli take her chicken eggs to school and what does she do with them after they hatch?
7. What does Juli's father do for a living and for a hobby?
8. What happens when Bryce is seven and why is he upset about the process of moving in?
9. How does Bryce's father help him and his older sister hinder him in his hiding efforts?
10. How does Bryce end up in the principal's office?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Juli starts to bring eggs over to the Loski household partly in gratitude for Mrs. Loski's help and because of her attraction to Bryce Loski. Bryce and Garrett peek over the fence into the Loski's back yard and Bryce throws out Juli's eggs from then on because the back yard is so dirty. Discuss the following:
1. Should Bryce and Garrett have climbed the fence to look for a rooster rather than just asking Juli? Do you think this invades the Baker's privacy?
2. If the Bakers are presented throughout the book as the more psychologically healthy family, so you think having a filthy back yard would be at odds with a family that seems pretty highly functional? Why do you think the family allow their yard to become so bad?
3. What do you think Bryce should have done about the eggs at the very beginning? Were his motives good in not telling Juli they were afraid to eat the eggs? How could Bryce have not continued to accept the eggs and yet also not hurt Juli's feelings?
4. How would you have handled the situation with the eggs?
Essay Topic 2
Often, authors will write about "what they know," and sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the books more interesting. Discuss the following:
1. Research and give a brief biographical sketch of Wendelin Van Draanen.
2. What in Van Draanen's background may have helped her in writing Flipped? What may have influenced the way she depicts various characters and scenes?
3. Do you think there is always some of the author's own life in his/her novels? Why or why not? Give examples.
Essay Topic 3
Oftentimes, a book has more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and oftentimes the other way. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:
1. What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven? Action driven?
2. How do you think a plot differs if it is character driven versus action driven?
3. Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why?
4. Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character development share equal time? Why or why not.
5. What type of plot do you think Flipped is? Explain your response.
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