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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. Where does the first interaction between Chris and Cathy happen?

2. Whose life does Cathy say she might have saved the only time she'd been right?

3. When Bart's grandmother pokes her head over the wall to remind him to feed his pet, what does she find him over?

4. What is the name of Cathy's school?

5. What does Jory overhear his mother calling Chris in the chapter titled Sugar and Spice?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Cathy so concerned over her injured ballet student?

2. Why is Bart upset with Apple after he returns home from the hospital?

3. What does Bart do with Cindy once they return from the mansion together without Cathy?

4. Describe Madame Marisha's concerns about Chris and Cathy's living arrangement.

5. Describe Bart in the last three chapters.

6. Why does Bart prefer Apple over Clover?

7. How does Jory feel about Chris through the majority of the novel?

8. What is Cathy most concerned about as she is wheeled to an ambulance?

9. What happens to Bart in the hospital?

10. How does Bart's knee get infected?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe how each chapter title relates to the material in the chapter. What purpose do the chapter titles serve? How do they aid in telling of the story? Which ones have more than one meaning for the contents of the chapter? Explain the different meanings.

Essay Topic 2

Identify the few of Bart's thoughts from his narration that have a profound and surprising insight. What is he referring to when he thinks it? What broader meanings do these thoughts have, and how do they apply to the novel as a whole?

Essay Topic 3

Bart's initial duality multiplies with John Amos's coaching. How does Bart's skill at make-believe add to his confusion? Is Malcolm's personality a pretense for Bart? Which personality dominates in the last three chapters? Explain how John Amos' coaching has permanently affected Bart

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