Ordinary People: A Novel Test | Final Test - Medium

Diana Evans
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 134 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Ordinary People: A Novel Test | Final Test - Medium

Diana Evans
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 134 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Who does Michael call in the middle of the night in Chapter 11?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Melissa.
(c) Alice.
(d) Stephanie.

2. Who does Justin's mother run into on the street the night of Justin's death?
(a) Michael.
(b) Mrs. Jackson.
(c) Damian.
(d) Cornelius.

3. How does Stephanie suggest to Melissa that men and women may have been meant to live in Chapter 12?
(a) Traveling around the world.
(b) In large family units who spend all their time together.
(c) In separate villages, with children staying with the women.
(d) In tribes based on their interests.

4. What kind of medicine does Ria take in Chapter 13?
(a) Tylenol.
(b) Calpol.
(c) Cipro.
(d) Codeine.

5. What does Michael tell Melissa he thinks is really going on with her suspicions about the house in Chapter 13?
(a) He tells her they need a new exterminator.
(b) He tells her they need to ask her mother for more advice getting rid of the night things.
(c) He tells her he thinks the house is definitely haunted.
(d) He tells her he thinks she needs professional mental health help, because the house is not really haunted.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Damian and Melissa do together in Chapter 10 as they talk outside?

2. What is Ethan involved with that eventually leads to Justin's death?

3. What does Michael ask Melissa that she does not provide a direct answer to in Chapter 9?

4. What does Melissa tell Michael in Chapter 13 that essentially ends their relationship?

5. What happens to Avril in Chapter 12 that alarms the adults?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Michael begin to realize about Rachel almost immediately after he begins a sexual affair with her in Chapter 8?

2. Who kills Justin and why does this character do it?

3. What does Melissa tell Damian in Chapter 10 that she has never told anyone else before?

4. What are the circumstances under which Michael and Rachel have their first sexual encounter?

5. What are Hazel and Melissa doing at the end of Chapter 15, and at the end of the novel?

6. What does Michael tell Damian in Chapter 14 was the worst thing about the process of breaking up with Melissa?

7. How does Melissa feel about being around her father, Cornelius, for the holidays?

8. What two things happen to Ria immediately after Christmas that further deepen Melissa's suspicion that they are being haunted?

9. What does Melissa come to believe even more strongly in Chapter 13 about her house and its effect on her?

10. Why is Michael so upset when Melissa tells him who she has slept with in Chapter 13?

(see the answer keys)

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