View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Godbee wearing in the dream she tells Martha about in Chapter 49?

2. What game does Vince want to play with Martha and Godbee in Chapter 47?

3. When does Tate finally get to Godbee's house?

4. Why can Martha not keep the kiss a secret?

5. What does the note in #152 say?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Godbee fill baby food jars with colored water?

2. Why is Martha so upset about the bet that Jimmy made with the other boys?

3. What topic does Martha speak about as Jimmy films her?

4. Why does Martha think of Olive as she thinks about the kissing video?

5. Who is the new character Martha introduces into her story about Olive and what is the event she describes?

6. What is the first part of Martha's plan to be carried out at the beach?

7. Why is Martha so conflicted when Dennis and Vince ask her to go with them to the Benton Place?

8. Why does Vince say that he didn't mention the kissing tape to Martha?

9. What is The Benton Place?

10. What does Olive's journal statement about wanting to go to "a real ocean" foreshadow?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Martha is not the only one who grows up this summer. Vince does too. Explain how Vince matures over the summer in his actions and decisions he makes.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the overall setting for the story. Why does the author use the setting he does? What is the time period of the story? How important is the time period to the attitudes and issues of the characters?

Essay Topic 3

The author uses more than one iteration on the theme of struggle. Identify at least two instances about struggle in the book and then cite examples to support your answers.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,059 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample