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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 Karen plead with Jem to help her with?

2. Why does Jem talk to Britney until so late in the night?

3. What keeps Jem from killing herself?

4. When does Jem stop seeing the numbers?

5. Who tells Jem she can't stay at the church?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Simon suggest Jem do about her situation?

2. What makes Jem consider suicide?

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

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

5. What secret does Anne tell Jem?

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

7. What keeps Jem from killing herself?

8. Why does Jem go to Weston?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fear is a common theme in this book that is presented a number of times by a number of characters. What are some of these instances, and how does fear affect the characters in the book?

Essay Topic 2

Anne presented a very interesting and unique philosophy on life. What was this philosophy, and how did this different idealism affect the people around her?

Essay Topic 3

What does Jem feel about friendship, and why is this so central to the plot?

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