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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. How does Juli act for the next several weeks?
2. Why does Julie climb it?
3. Of whom does Juli remind Chet?
4. What does Bryce decide to do one day after coming home from playing basketball with Garrett?
5. What does the teacher tell Juli not to expect concerning the eggs?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Juli continue to do throughout grade school and how does she excuse Bryce's indifference?
2. Why does Juli take her chicken eggs to school and what does she do with them after they hatch?
3. What does Bryce's grandfather point out about Juli in the newspaper?
4. What happens when Juli sees Bryce with Shelly Stalls?
5. How does Bryce feel when Juli arrives at his house with some eggs for the family?
6. What does Juli do just when Bryce's mother opens the front door and what is Bryce's response?
7. How do the Bakers get a dog?
8. What does Juli's father do for a living and for a hobby?
9. What happens the day Bryce starts second grade?
10. How does Juli again rescue Bryce in the sixth grade?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
There are a number of interesting questions raised by Flipped. Questions that Van Draanen most likely want readers to consider and think through carefully. Discuss the following:
1. What does the term "author agenda" mean?
2. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the Van Draanen' agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Van Draanen's probable agenda concerning that idea.
2. Do you think writers who have an agenda for writing should point it out in a preface?
3. How often do you think fiction is written with a clear agenda in mind by the author?
4. Research the life of Van Draanen and see if/where his life may have influenced her writing.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the following:
1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?
2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of Flipped, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?
3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements in Flipped. (The subplots may not contain every element of a major plot). Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not. Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not?
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