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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. In Chapter 2, what real estate company is selling Gertie's mother's house?

2. In Chapter 6, where do Gertie and Audrey find the channel changer?

3. In Chapter 12, what happens when Gertie reads aloud in class?

4. In Chapter 2, what does Gertie have for breakfast?

5. In Chapter 2, what type of pencils does Junior say that he has?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 8, why do students like taking things to the office for their teachers?

2. In Chapter 4, who is Audrey, and what is she doing when Gertie comes home from school?

3. In Chapter 10, what is Mary Sue starting and what does she say to Gertie about her project?

4. In Chapter 10, what is different about Junior's hair?

5. In Chapter 9, how does Gertie describe her father's job?

6. In Chapter 5, what plan do Jean and Gertie consider to stop Mary Sue from being the most popular girl in school, and why do they not carry it out?

7. In Chapter 2, what does Gertie look like?

8. In Chapter 10, what does Gertie do after Mrs. Spivey explains her job?

9. What does Gertie remember in Chapter 9 about seeing her mother at the grocery store?

10. In Chapter 2, what is revealed about Gertie's mother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Gertie is a girl who never gives up. What happens when Gertie has a mission that does not go the way she plans? Does she give up when her mission fails at the end of the novel? In what way is Gertie tenacious?

Essay Topic 2

The novel is told from a third-person limited point of view. How does the author’s choice to use the third-person limited point of view affect the story and what readers know about characters and events?

Essay Topic 3

At the end of the novel, Mary Sue reveals information about the relationship she has with her father. What type of relationship does Mary Sue have with her father? How does knowing the type of relationship that Mary Sue has with her father reveal Mary Sue’s motives for attacking Gertie’s father’s job?

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