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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 King tell Sandy on the night of the search party?

2. Who stops cooking after Khalid dies?

3. Who is Khalid?

4. Why does Darrell dislike Breanna?

5. What cereal does King take to Sandy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does King find in his tent?

2. What does King keep in his journal?

3. What does Jasmine want to be when she grows up?

4. Who is writing a movie script?

5. Who offers King a ride home?

6. What does King tell Sandy about his brother?

7. Who at school does King think might have a crush on him?

8. Who does King allow to hide in his tent?

9. Who has not cooked since Khalid died?

10. Who goes missing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you describe the various settings of the novel. Where does the novel take place, and what about these places are significant to the themes and characters of the novel? Use examples from the text to support your thinking.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring the relationship between King and Jasmine. What kind of relationship do they have, and how does it change throughout the book? Use evidence to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring how masculinity plays a role in King's coming of age. What does King learn from his family about what it means to be a man, and why are some of those lessons damaging for him? Use evidence to support your ideas.

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