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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. In "The Green Chair," what is LaRose making?

2. In "The Green Chair," what color nail polish does Maggie chew off her fingers when she cannot sleep?

3. In "Old Story 1," when are stories supposed to be told?

4. In "The Green Chair," what does Maggie play with Snow and Josette at their house?

5. In "Romeo and Landreaux," what is the only time that the boys can hear the voices of people in the camp?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Green Chair," how does LaRose comfort his mother after telling her he has to go back to Dusty's family?

2. In "Wolfred and LaRose," what is LaRose wearing when she reunites with Wolfred?

3. In "Material of Time," what does Nola do at Cenex, and how does it help her?

4. In "The Letters," what does Mrs. Peace say became of the first LaRose's bones?

5. In "The Letters," who does LaRose see after he falls asleep by the tree where Dusty died?

6. In "The Powers," how does Landreaux make a pipe?

7. In "The Green Chair," why does LaRose say that he has to go back to Dusty's family?

8. In "Romeo and Landreaux," how do the boys get food and transportation away from the rest area?

9. In "The Green Chair," what reasons does Maggie give for wanting to change schools?

10. In "Romeo and Landreaux," how is the dormitory building described?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Romeo is a person who steals gas, painkillers, and other things. What type of person is Romeo throughout most of the novel? How does he change over the course of the novel? What motivates him to change? Are the changes positive or negative?

Essay Topic 2

Two of the LaRoses went to boarding school as did Landreaux and other characters in the novel. What are the good and bad influences of boarding schools on characters who attended them?

Essay Topic 3

Sections of the novel can be classified as realistic fiction, and other sections can be classified as historical fiction. Which sections of the novel would be classified as realistic fiction and which as historical fiction? Why would these sections have these classifications?

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