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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. Why does Greg not want to be a part of any particular clique?

2. What secret does Greg worry Rachel might be able to get out of him?

3. What movie do Greg and Earl decide to make first?

4. How do Greg and Earl happen upon Victor Gaines' collection of old movies?

5. What does Greg fear Rachel will want to do, once he gets to her home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Greg do in Chapter 6?

2. How does Greg feel about Rachel and her leukemia?

3. How does a friendship begin to form between Greg and Rachel?

4. What surprises Greg when he first comes into Rachels’ room?

5. Who are Greg’s sisters?

6. What is the purpose of Chapter 1?

7. How does Greg describe the first day of his senior year?

8. What is the purpose of Chapter 16?

9. In Chapter 9, what is Earl’s response when Greg informs him that he cannot watch the movie with him today, because he is hanging out with a girl from school?

10. What does Greg say about hot girls?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Greg is very opinionated regarding the high school experience. Would you agree with him? Why or why not? Do you also agree with him regarding what takes place on the first day of school and the hierarchy and significance of cliques? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

One of Greg’s strongest fears is that others will see his films and criticize him. What has led to this fear? What is the connection between this and his desire to not have friends but to appear to have friends? How is Greg missing out on life experiences because of his fears?

Essay Topic 3

There are many moments of laugh-out-loud humor in this book. What is one example? What makes it so funny? How does this contrast some of the dark qualities and subject matter of this book? What does this say about the author's opinion of humor?

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