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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 "Mick", who does Phoebe say Mick used to love to impersonate?

2. What does Phoebe's father do when Phoebe asks "How's Mick?" in "The Serengeti Sucks"?

3. How does Phoebe describe nature at the end of "The Serengeti Sucks"?

4. Why doesn't Phoebe want to watch the ambulance in "Sirens"?

5. Why does Phoebe say her stomach started to "churn" while watching the ambulance?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Phoebe describe Mick's relationship with flies?

2. Why does Phoebe wonder if Mick can hear her in "Treasures"?

3. What do Mick and Phoebe argue about the morning of Mick's death?

4. How does Mick die?

5. What is Phoebe's mother's schedule like following Mick's death?

6. How does Phoebe initially introduce her brother to the reader?

7. Why does Phoebe say Mick went through a period of wearing camouflage pants?

8. In "Treasures", what happens when Zoe calls Phoebe?

9. In "Mick", what is the first big "caper" Phoebe describes?

10. How does Phoebe react when she sees Mick's bike in the street in "Sirens"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze Mick's character development. Considering that his character dies early in the novel, how is he transformed into a whole character throughout. What is effective about the development of Mick? What is ineffective? Why does the narrator begin by announcing Mick will die?

Essay Topic 2

Explore the symbolism behind the objects in Mick's collection. Which objects represent Mick? Which represent other people? Which represent ideas and values? What does the collection symbolize overall?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the parallels the author draws in "Mick Harte Was Here". How are Wocket and Mick developed in this way? How does the past parallel the present? What is the effect of this technique?

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