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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 Bryce do for Julie?

2. What does Juli decide to do?

3. With what is David's wall covered?

4. Upon what does Patsy insist the next morning?

5. What does Juli see Bryce doing one day when Juli looks out the window?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Booster Club auction and how are the boys chosen?

2. What happens in the library between Garrett and Bryce?

3. What does Patsy insist upon the next morning and what does she announce?

4. What does Juli feel when she hears about Shelly and Bryce?

5. Why does Bryce confess to his mother about the eggs, and what is her response?

6. Where is Juli's father going on an early Sunday morning and what does Juli decide to do?

7. What do the Bakers do when they arrive home after the dinner at the Loski home?

8. Why does Juli end up betting her egg money and who does she win?

9. How does Juli now feel about Bryce?

10. Who does Garrett say will be in a bidding war for Garrett?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Characters are an integral and important part of almost all novels. Discuss the following:

1. Compare/contrast the characters of Juli and Bryce. How are they similar? How are they different? Is there a flaw in each of their personalities? Be specific and give examples.

2. Compare/contrast the characters of Bryce's father and Juli's father. How do they seem different? Which do you like more? Why? Which one seems more of a well-rounded character?

3. Thoroughly analyze how three of the secondary characters in Flipped help drive the plot and what their contribution is to the storyline. Are any of the secondary characters unnecessary? Indispensable? Which of the secondary characters are likable? Which are either unlikable or even despicable? Be specific and give examples.

Essay Topic 2

1. What is foreshadow? How many incidences of foreshadow are in Flipped? How does foreshadow contribute to a book's suspense?

2. Discuss an example of foreshadow in Flipped including why you believe it is foreshadow. Include examples from the book and your own life to illustrate your answer.

3. How do you think most people react to uncertainty in their lives? Use examples from Flipped and your own live to support your opinion.

Essay Topic 3

Flipped belongs to the teen novel genre. Discuss the following:

1. Define the literary term "genre" and give several examples of three other genres in addition to the teen novel genre.

2. Discuss two reasons why it might be useful to label a text by genre and two reasons it might be disadvantageous to label a text by genre.

3. What do you think is the difference between a teen novel and a historical novel mystery?

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