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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 Trina tell Chester?

2. What is something Juli learns from Chester?

3. Of what does Juli accuse Bryce's grandfather?

4. What does Juli interrupt as she is talking to Bryce?

5. What does Mrs. Simmons pass out in second period?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Juli forced to realize about her family?

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

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

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

5. What does Lynetta play on the stereo and what are the adults tempted to do?

6. How does Rick embarrass Bryce?

7. What is wrong with Juli's chickens and what advice does she get about them?

8. Describe the conversation between Juli and her father on their way home from visiting David.

9. What happens with the bidding for Bryce?

10. What happens in the library at school one day?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following:

1. Who is/are the protagonists of the story and why?

2. Who is/are the antagonists of the story and why?

3. Which 3 secondary characters have the greatest impact on the plot?

4. Are any of the characters dispensable and which ones? Why or why not?

5. Do you think this is a character-driven plot or an action-driven plot? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

A minor subplot in the book concerns the character of David, who is Juli's uncle and is in an institution for people who cannot function independently. Discuss the following:

1. Discuss David's characteristics and why he is in an institution.

2. Do you think David's younger brother is morally responsible for assuming the financial burden for David even when it impacts his own family?

3. How much can you deduce about the character of Robert by how he handles his older brother's situation and interacts with David? Give examples.

4. Bryce wonders to himself if his father Rick would have handled Bryce the same way as Robert handles David if Bryce had been injured to that degree at birth. What do you think? Why? Give examples.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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