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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. What does Maxine tell Hannah to put on top of the napkins?

2. What does Hannah show Herr Fahrenkopf?

3. Who asks Shannon to come back to the bus?

4. What does Grandfather say he is made of?

5. Who does Maxine say answers for Fred?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hannah react to Nonno's death?

2. What kind of poet is Nunno?

3. How did Fred die?

4. Why does Shannon think living with Maxine may not be such a bad thing?

5. Who are the Fahrenkopfs?

6. What calms Shannon down?

7. How did Shannon try to scare Charlotte away?

8. Why does Miss Fellowes think Shannon has cheated her?

9. How does Maxine calm Hank down?

10. What does Hannah tell Shannon his real problem is?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 2

Compare Shannon's character to the person he is at the beginning of the play to the person he is at the end of the play.

1) What does Shannon hope to achieve at the start of the play?

2) What events changes Shannon's ideas about life?

3) What does the author suggest will be Shannon's future?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the play's chronological setting.

1) What were the main concerns during the 1960s? How does the author express these concerns?

2) How would the author change the novel if it was set in today's society?

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