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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. Which of the following does Melody see on the way to the showers on her first morning at camp?

2. Which of the following is served at Melody’s first lunch at camp?

3. How old does Melody note Penny is?

4. What time is check-in at Green Glades?

5. Which of the following is served at Melody’s first lunch at camp?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Melody’s father note are Ohio’s two major crops?

2. How do Melody’s parents distract Penny from the sadness of leaving her sister at camp?

3. How does Melody describe the smell of camp?

4. Why does Diane grumble about shoes she buys for Melody?

5. Why does putting Penny to bed take some time when Melody and Diane fill out the camp application?

6. What section does Melody note wanting to see in the library?

7. How does Melody react to being told to make a mess in art?

8. Why does Athena note applesauce is magic?

9. Why does Melody note liking audiobooks?

10. The author dedicates the novel to her daughters. What does she note that they taught her to appreciate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The protagonist and several other characters are given both personal and family names in the novel. A number of other characters are afforded only given names. What distinction is implied by the difference in naming, and how does the implication come across?

Essay Topic 2

A lack of formal sectional division in the novel obliges a fairly arbitrary breakdown of the text for purposes of study and discussion. On what grounds might the current divisions be in place? Why and how are they appropriate to the text?

Essay Topic 3

Readerly attention focuses on the following passage:

Special needs, I was thinking. I don’t like that term. It sounds so…so…vague. It’s like people without special needs decided that if they made the term vague enough, it wouldn’t hurt anybody’s feelings. But when you’re the person the term is used for, it makes you feel less than yourself. It makes me feel less than myself. Yeah, I’m special. And yes, I have needs. But don’t make that my label (20).

What purpose does the passage serve in the novel, and how is that purpose enacted?

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