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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. How does Pia leave school in the end of "Skitter Hitter"?

2. What is Jasmine's last name in "Water Booger Bears"?

3. What do TJ and Jasmine respond when TJ's new mother asks what they learned in school in "Water Booger Bears"?

4. At what bench outside the school do the Low Cuts always meet up?

5. What do the houses look like they're made of, according to Fatima's daily checklist in "How to Look (Both) Both Ways"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Stevie Munsen described in "Skitter Hitter"?

2. What does "Skitter" symbolize in "Skitter Hitter"?

3. What does Benni tell Fatima in the ending of “How to Look (Both) Both Ways”? What does she ask her?

4. Where do the Low Cuts go to sell their candy? How much money do they make?

5. Why does Fatima make lists?

6. What are some of the examples of bullying seen in "Skitter Hitter"?

7. How is Stevie corralled into the event that involves Pia in "Skitter Hitter"?

8. What is the meaning of the title of “Water Booger Bears”?

9. When did Fatima first encounter Benni Austin?

10. How does Fatima perceive the boy with the notebook on the bus in “How to Look (Both) Both Ways”?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the frame narrative in Look Both Ways. What frame device connects the stories in the collection? Where does this appear in the stories? How is the frame device explained in the final story?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the interaction between Stevie and Pia in "Skitter Hitter." Why does the narrator indicate that their meeting might have been different? What happens between these characters in the end of the story?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the characters of Jasmine and TJ in “Water Booger Bears.” What is the relationship between these characters? How do they demonstrate that relationship? What symbolism in the story illustrates their friendship?

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