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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. What does Elisa say she bumped into in the water?

2. What does Hopi say to the group?

3. What year did Dru's mother meet Dru's father?

4. What does Scooter yell up to Elisa?

5. How does Dru get to talk to Elisa?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has Dru just finished, and what is she thinking about as she walks her dog looking at houses?

2. Why does Jeremy know about the girl who was injured jumping, and what happens with his talk with Scooter the night before the jump?

3. What does Dru want to do once she and Mike get back to the top of the Nail, who is Hopi and what does he give Dru?

4. Who does Dru run into while walking her dog and what does the person ask her and say to her?

5. What happens when Dru shows Elisa the mangled boot?

6. How does Dru feel towards Scooter after Elisa tells Dru about the drowned girl and what does Elisa say to her?

7. Who drives Dru and MIke back to Mike's car and what is Diane like?

8. Why is Dru different from the other teenagers at the Nail, what rumor does one teen say to Dru?

9. What does Scooter ask Mike and Dru to do, why does he ask them and what does Dru think of Scooter jumping?

10. What happens when Scooter and Elisa jump and immediately after?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss one of the following:

Trace and analyze the theme of teenagers feeling invisible throughout "Jumping the Nail".

Trace and analyze the theme of peer pressure throughout "Jumping the Nail".

Trace and analyze the theme of control and power in a relationship throughout "Jumping the Nail".

Essay Topic 2

Dru discusses the idea of feeling invisible. She feels this way until Mike and she start dating. This represents the universal teenage feeling of being invisible. It is a theme often seen in books about adolescence. For Dru, it is a real feeling and her encounter with Diane only exacerbates the feeling to a deeper level.

1. Discuss a time you or someone you know felt invisible. How did it compare to Dru's feelings? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

2. Discuss, in depth, why Dru's meeting with Diane might have made her feel more invisible or insecure. Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

3. Dating MIke is an external event which has made Dru feel, and possibly be, more acceptable to others in her school. Discuss some of the internal values Dru could strengthen within herself which could produce the same effect. Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the following:

1. Who is/are the protagonists of the story and why?

2. Who is/are the antagonists of the story and why?

3. Which 3 secondary characters have the greatest impact on the plot?

4. Are any of the characters dispensable and which ones? Why or why not?

5. Do you think this is a character-driven plot or an action-driven plot? Explain.

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