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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. Who steps in to ease the tension over the attack at the vigil in Chapter Five?
2. Which of the following is NOT a rumor about Rosie's death and Jack's involvement?
3. What is the truth of Laura's death?
4. What are the "Mean Reds" (257)?
5. Why is An Lu attacked?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Jeffrey Lu become a Corrigan cricket legend?
2. How has Jasper's father done after the death of his mother?
3. In Chapter Eight, what has become of the members of the Bucktin family since Charlie discovered his mother's affair?
4. Why does Jeffrey look up to Bruce Lee?
5. Why is Charlie so distressed to learn that his father has written a novel?
6. How is it clear, in Chapter Seven, that Eliza feels capable and powerful in Charlie's company?
7. During the cricket game in Chapter Six, what is happening between Charlie and Eliza?
8. Explore the beating of An Lu. What is the precipitating factor? Who are some prominent characters in the beating and in Lu's defense?
9. How long is Charlie grounded in Chapter Six, and how does he spend that time?
10. How is the town's response to the attack on Mr. Lu different from the abuse that Mrs. Lu suffers?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
At the end of the novel, Charlie thinks, "There is more to know. Always" (309). Write an essay in which you explore some of the instances in the book when it is impossible to know the full story without asking more questions.
Essay Topic 3
The Australian calendar is quite different from that of the United States and the rest of the Northern Hemisphere. Write an essay detailing the school calendar and the seasons of Australia, and how that reversal might inform our own reading of the text.
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