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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. How many days does the man from the party have before his death?

2. What does Jem say about the people they pass on the High Street?

3. What does the older man who works with Simon demand Jem be searched for?

4. What do the police do when they come in the church the first time?

5. Where does Jem consider jumping from in the church?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jem say when Britney asks her about her foster mother?

2. How does this book end?

3. How does Jem get some money in the woods?

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

5. How does Karen die?

6. What secret does Anne tell Jem?

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

8. What makes Jem think that Spider is killed when captured?

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

10. What good does Anne say can come from Jem's gift?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The characters in this novel had their own goals and motivations. Select four characters and then write their main motivation throughout the book, and how this goal affected the characters around them.

Essay Topic 2

Honor is something that many of the main characters strive for in this book. Who was most affected by this pursuit, and how did it change the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

What caused Jem to be a suspect in the explosion, and how did she respond to this situation?

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