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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 weapon does the man from the party use to threaten Jem?

2. How does Jem get away from the police after spending the money she gets in the woods?

3. When does Jem stop seeing the numbers?

4. What does the older man who works with Simon want Jem to do?

5. Why does Spider go back to the man from the party after saving Jem?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jemma demand in return for her story to the police?

2. What major change came over Jem in the hospital?

3. Why does Jem decide to tell Karen about her gift?

4. What does Britney do for Jem?

5. How does this book end?

6. Why do Jem and Spider look so guilty to the police?

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

8. Why was Jem not able to go to the cremation of Spider?

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

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

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

What kind of relationship did Spider have with his family members, and how did that affect his actions?

Essay Topic 3

How does Jem show her persistant nature, and what effect does this attribute have on other people in her life?

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