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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. Who sang "Pieces of Me"?

2. Where did Claudia run into April in January: "The Before"?

3. Where did the former school nurse retire in January: "The Before"?

4. Who took Monday to a salon to have her hair salvaged in January: "One Year Before the Before"?

5. Who asked Claudia not to say that she had seen her at the mall in January: "The After"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Claudia's experience at the soup kitchen described in January: "The Before"?

2. What happened in the encounter between Claudia and Michael at the party in March: "The After"?

3. What happened in the encounter between Claudia and April in February: "The After"?

4. What color does Claudia say April would be in the preface to March? Why?

5. Why is the discovery of the body in Baltimore important in March: "The After"?

6. What did Claudia and her father learn from April and Tuesday in January: "The Before"?

7. What is revealed to have happened to Monday in April: "The Before"?

8. What caused the fight in January: "The Before"?

9. What happened when Monday dyed her hair in January: "One Year Before the Before"?

10. What happened when Claudia went into April's house in March: "The Before"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Claudia's struggles in school in Monday's Not Coming. What learning disorder does Claudia struggle with? How is she assisted in learning? What are her feelings about her learning disability?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the themes of bullying and abuse in Monday's Not Coming. How are these themes developed through the characters in the novel? What actions of abuse and bullying are central to the story? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss three examples of irony in Monday's Not Coming. How is dramatic irony employed? How does the author incorporate verbal irony? How does situational irony play out in the story?

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