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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What genre of writing is found in the epilogue?
(a) Non-fiction.
(b) Poem.
(c) Fiction.
(d) Dialogue.

2. What do Chad and Sheila do together?
(a) Play checkers.
(b) Write a story about Sheila.
(c) Talk.
(d) Read.

3. What does Chad suggest they do to celebrate the win of Sheila's court case?
(a) Go out for pizza.
(b) Give the family money for food and clothes.
(c) Go for ice cream.
(d) Buy Sheila a dress.

4. Why does Torey wish she had a teacher's desk in her room after talking to Ed?
(a) So she could lose herself in her work and forget her troubles.
(b) So that she could have a place to put her head down.
(c) So the room would seem like other classrooms.
(d) So she could hide behind it.

5. Which of the following is the best description of what an epilogue is?
(a) Author summary and biography.
(b) A log of the events that happened in the story.
(c) Short part at the end of the book detailing the fate of the characters.
(d) Short part at the beginning of the book detailing the characters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Sheila's father visit her in the hospital?

2. What does Torey notice when Sheila's father arrives at the hospital?

3. Why does Freddie's mother come to visit Torey?

4. What does Sheila say she will write if she is given a piece of paper?

5. What is the purpose of the writing in the epilogue?

Short Essay Questions

1. What present does Sheila give to Torey for her birthday?

2. What happened to Sheila that caused her to bleed?

3. What does Sheila want to know when Torey returns to school after being at the conference?

4. How does Sheila seem when she returns to school and what does this make Torey worry about?

5. What surprises Torey about Whitney and why does this surprise her?

6. What new revelation has Sheila come to about the story of The Little Prince?

7. What information does Torey learn at the beginning of this chapter and how does Torey feel after she hears it?

8. What does Torey think may be at the heart of Sheila's aversion to completing paperwork and why does she think this way?

9. What do you believe the poem is an indicator of?

10. Why does Torey ignore Sheila for the rest of the day?

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