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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 10, what construction are the houses that Julie sees?

2. In Chapter 2, what television channel does Helen work for?

3. In Chapter 6, when does Mrs. Cox want to take Barry on a trip to the east coat?

4. In Chapter 1, what does Julie say that her mother used to nag her about spending too much time doing?

5. In Chapter 6, what does Mr. Cox do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 10, what does Megan say happened to her mother?

2. In Chapter 3, what does Julie tell Ray about Helen's knew job?

3. In Chapter 1, what does Julie see when she opens a small envelope, and what does she feel?

4. In Chapter 1, what is revealed about life for Julie and her mother when Julie's father died?

5. In Chapter 9, what does Ray say that he did with his car after the accident?

6. In Chapter 2, how is Helen doing compared to her older sister, Elsa?

7. In Chapter 1, what changes has Mrs. James seen in her daughter over the last year?

8. In Chapter 1, how is the note described that Julie receives at breakfast?

9. In Chapter 4, what does Elsa say about Helen's job and why?

10. In Chapter 5, how does Ray vote about going back to help the boy on the bicycle and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Plot is the sequence of events in a story and how the story is structured. What five different divisions can be used to divide the story into sections? In which section are most of the conflicts in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Both Collie and Helen experience desperation. Why is Collie desperate to get revenge? What causes Helen to become desperate? How might desperation influence behavior based upon what Collie and Helen do when they are desperate?

Essay Topic 3

Ray considers how he has changed since he went to California. How does Ray describe the person he was in high school? How has he changed since he graduated and went to California? Does he believe that the changes are negative or positive?

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