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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 17, how many extra minutes a day does Gertie have to study?

2. In Chapter 13, what happened to a mole on a television show Gertie saw?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 22, what does Gertie say happened when Junior showed up at Rachel Collins's house?

4. In Chapter 22, what does Gertie take from the school office?

5. In Chapter 16, what is the second thing that Gertie draws on a window?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 15, what do Gertie and Junior see when the bus gets to the school?

2. In Chapter 13, what are kids saying about Mary Sue's party?

3. In Chapter 18, why does Aunt Rae do laundry instead of eating dinner?

4. In Chapter 19, what does Mary Sue bring to the play audition and how is her audition?

5. In Chapter 13, what does Aunt Rae say when Gertie tells her about what is happening at school?

6. In Chapter 14, what does Gertie say to Audrey?

7. In Chapter 15, what does Ms. Simms say about the club?

8. In Chapter 14, what are Gertie, Audrey, and Junior doing and why?

9. In Chapter 21, what memory does Gertie take with her from her time at Rachel Collins's house?

10. In Chapter 19, how does Gertie audition for the part of Evangelina?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Each chapter has a title that reveals a bit about what will happen in the chapter. How much do chapter titles reveal about the action to come in a chapter? Do the chapter titles spoil the suspense in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Gertie is very competitive. In what ways is Gertie competitive? Why does she have to be the best in the things that she does?

Essay Topic 3

Why is the novel considered realistic fiction and not historical fiction?

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