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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 do the police do when they come in the church the first time?

2. What does Britney ask Jem?

3. Where does Jem meet Simon?

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

5. What makes Jem remember the danger she is in?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Britney do for Jem?

4. Why is it so ironic for Britney to help Jem?

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

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

7. Why does Jem say she hates her mother?

8. What makes Jem consider suicide?

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

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

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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

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