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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 Jem no longer hang out in the places other kids go?

2. Who in the church does Jem tell her secret to?

3. What does Anne say Jem's gift could remind people to do?

4. What does Britney's father do for a living?

5. Where is there a spare set of keys in the church?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jem use the church keys to do?

2. How does Karen die?

3. How does Jem feel when Spider says others may have Jem's gift?

4. What brings Jem to understand a bit of her mother's dependency on drugs?

5. Why does Jem reject the idea of turning herself into the police?

6. How does Jem stop the people in the church from clamoring around her?

7. How does Karen respond when she hears about Jem's power?

8. What keeps Jem from killing herself?

9. Why is the rector's wife afraid of Jem?

10. What makes Jem consider suicide?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was Jem's ability, and how did it shape her life for good and bad?

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

Diversity is a major theme in this book as many different life-styles and ranks in society were involved. How is this theme shown in this book, and why do you think the author felt it was so important?

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