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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 does NOT meet the description of Mad Jack?
3. How does Charlie feel when his father reveals his completed novel?
4. Which of the following is a reference to a well-known event, work of art, fiction, or history?
5. How has color returned to An Lu's garden in Chapter Seven?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are some clues that indicate the novel is set in the 1960s?
2. Why does Jeffrey look up to Bruce Lee?
3. Who is Mad Jack Lionel, and why has he been calling out to Jasper all these years?
4. How is the town's response to the attack on Mr. Lu different from the abuse that Mrs. Lu suffers?
5. How does Charlie handle the knowledge of his mother's indiscretion in Chapter Seven?
6. Why is Charlie so distressed to learn that his father has written a novel?
7. How does Jeffrey Lu become a Corrigan cricket legend?
8. Why has Eliza never told anyone where Laura's body is?
9. How does the imagery of Charlie and Jasper's walk to Mad Jack's add to the suspense of the scene in Chapter Seven?
10. Why does Jasper feel so guilty about Laura's death?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Strained parent-child relationships lie at the core of so much of this novel. Write an essay exploring and explaining the reasons behind these strains and the ways that these problems actually serve as learning experiences for the teens and for the reader.
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
Write an essay in which you chronicle the friendship between Jeffrey Lu and Charlie Bucktin. What makes them such a great match?
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