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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. At the end of Chapter 11 of The Jubilee Express, what does Debbie bring home to eat?

2. What does Jubilee use for a hat in Chapter 4 of The Jubilee Express?

3. Where are Tobin's parents snowed in at?

4. What does Stuart go do in Chapter 12 of The Jubilee Express?

5. In Chapter 8 of A Cheertastic Christmas Miracle, what type of vehicle do the twins drive?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Stuart end up at the Waffle House at the end of Chapter 3 of The Jubilee Express?

2. What does JP discover when he tries to dig the Jeep out of the snow bank?

3. How does Stuart's mom take care of Jubilee in Chapter 6?

4. Why is it odd that Stuart's mother is so big on celebrating Christmas?

5. At the end of Chapter 8, what is Jubilee's conversation like that she has with Noah?

6. What does Debbie tell Jubilee after she comes out of the bathroom in Chapter 9?

7. How does Jubilee find herself on a train heading to Florida?

8. Where is Stuart at the beginning of Chapter 12?

9. What does Duke say to Tobin when he asks her why she is not getting ready to go to the Waffle House?

10. What happens in Chapter 6, when Tobin comes to the 90-degree curve on Sunrise Avenue?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A theme of each of the short stories is heartbreak and discovering new love. What role does heartbreak play in helping each of the main characters find love? Would they have found love without first experiencing heartbreak?

Essay Topic 2

Addie is rather intolerant of people who do not do things or think the way that she does. What encounters does Addie have that show her how intolerant she is? How does she learn to be more tolerant of others?

Essay Topic 3

Mood is an element that authors use when writing to evoke feelings in readers through the use of descriptive language. What is the mood of each short story? What is the overall mood of the novel? How does the mood affect the storyline and how readers feel about characters and the story as they read?

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