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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. Which of the following is NOT a reason behind the long length of Chapter Seven?
2. Which of the following is NOT a rumor about Rosie's death and Jack's involvement?
3. What is the name of the martial arts punch Jeffrey Lu wants to master?
4. How does Charlie get the police and his parents to leave him alone about Jasper in Chapter Six?
5. Which of the following is a reference to a well-known event, work of art, fiction, or history?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the attack on Mrs. Lu an example of the social injustice that is so prominent in Corrigan?
2. What are the clues that indicate that Mad Jack Lionel may not really be a serial killer?
3. Why has Eliza never told anyone where Laura's body is?
4. What are some clues that indicate the novel is set in the 1960s?
5. What has happened to Jasper's face in Chapter Five?
6. What truths does Eliza reveal about Laura's death?
7. Why does Jeffrey look up to Bruce Lee?
8. During the cricket game in Chapter Six, what is happening between Charlie and Eliza?
9. Explore the beating of An Lu. What is the precipitating factor? Who are some prominent characters in the beating and in Lu's defense?
10. Who is Mad Jack Lionel, and why has he been calling out to Jasper all these years?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay detailing the many lessons that Jasper Jones has to teach Charlie Bucktin and the town of Corrigan.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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