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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. Why does Mrs. Lu not chastise Jeffrey and Charlie for cursing?
2. For what do the larger boys NOT pick on Jeffrey?
3. Whom does Jasper suspect of killing Laura?
4. What murderer does Charlie NOT read about?
5. What sends Charlie racing from his room when he awakens in Chapter Three?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what ways is the relationship between Charlie's parents built on a shaky foundation?
2. How does Charlie's research into killers affect the way he thinks about his town?
3. Why does Jeffrey really come to Charlie's window in Chapter Four?
4. In what ways are children bullied in this novel?
5. Jasper has an interesting accent. How does this use of dialect help us to understand him?
6. What is the purpose of the character of Warwick Trent?
7. What is the history of the study in the Bucktin household? How might its current use a study create turmoil?
8. How does the use of allusions help to highlight some of the themes in Chapter Two?
9. What does Charlie fall asleep thinking about in Chapter Three?
10. Charlie keeps referring to his choice to wear shoes as "pansy" (25). Why does he feel this way?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay in which you detail the ways in which the Sylvia Likens case is similar to circumstances in Corrigan and to Laura Wishart's life.
Essay Topic 2
It appears that the marginalized often strive to subjugate others even more than they have been pressed down themselves. Write an essay in which you detail such instances in the novel, and make connections between the characters who are the subjugated, and those who are the oppressor.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay detailing the many lessons that Jasper Jones has to teach Charlie Bucktin and the town of Corrigan.
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