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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. Where did Spider spend his best day ever?

2. What does Jem do when it begins raining outside?

3. What good does Jem think will happen if she tells Spider his death date?

4. Why has Jem changed schools so many times?

5. Why is Jem trying hard at a class in the beginning of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes the moment so awkward after Jem and Spider make love?

2. What does Mr. McNulty say Jem will become in class one day, and why?

3. What strange thing does Jem notice while at the Eye of London?

4. Why does Jem say she never wants children?

5. How does Spider show his optimistic attitude in the woods?

6. What does Jem see on the newspaper when eating in town?

7. How does Spider calm down Jem about her guilt over the explosion?

8. Why does Spider steal a car to get out of the city?

9. What does Spider want to do after stealing a car?

10. Why does the woman in town offer to do a favor for Jem and Spider?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What did Jem learn from her lonely trek in the woods, and how did this change her life?

Essay Topic 2

Anne and Karen are two very similar people, and yet they have some very notable and important differences. Using the text to cite some support and, write a compare/contrast essay about these two women in Jem's life.

Essay Topic 3

The theme of special needs children was central to this plot. How did this theme affect the main characters, and why do you think this was such an important theme for the author to present with this book.

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