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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 is the name of the head secretary in "Sol Painting, Inc."?

2. In "Secret Samantha," what is Samantha's favorite cartoon?

3. In "Secret Samantha," what does Miss Lee tell the class they must become instead of Chistmas elves?

4. In "A Difficult Path," why does the Li family travel to the Infinite Stream temple?

5. In "Secret Samantha," what does Samantha impulsively tell Blade her name is?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "How to Transform," why does the narrator decide to give up going to the gym, and what happens when he does?

2. In "How to Transform," why does the narrator want to go to the gym in Balboa in the first place?

3. In "The Beans and Rice Chronicles," what happens between Isaiah and Mrs. Fisher?

4. In "Secret Samantha," how does Blade respond to the gift of the shoelaces?

5. In "Secret Samantha," what happens when Samantha goes to see the school nurse?

6. In "The Difficult Path," how does Lingsi feel about the donkey ride she takes to the temple and what she sees along the way?

7. In "Sol Painting, Inc.," how does the girls' soccer team act in trying to get into the gym?

8. In "The Beans and Rice Chronicles," how does the relationship between Isaiah and his mother erupt?

9. Explain why Tianyi in "The Difficult Path" insists that Bisi is "too plain" to trade to other pirates.

10. In "Sol Painting, Inc.," what does Roli want to be when he grows up?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

All of the stories in this collection involve both kids and their parents. Choose any two stories and compare/ contrast the way the writers deal with the relationship between children and parents.

Essay Topic 2

Choose at least two stories from this collection in which the characters have lost a parent. Write an essay in which you compare and contrast how these losses affect the main characters and how the writers seem to use these tragedies to shape the messages of their works.

Essay Topic 3

In an essay, discuss the importance of Merci's brother Roli to the plot and themes of "Sol Painting, Inc."

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