Out of My Heart Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Sharon M. Draper
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 118 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Out of My Heart Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Sharon M. Draper
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 118 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. With which of the following does Chapter 19 begin?

2. Which of the following is the first to greet Melody at camp?

3. How long has Camp Green Glades been in operation?

4. Which of the following is Melody’s sign for her father?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Melody opt to wear an orange shirt her first morning at camp?

2. What earrings does Diane pack for Melody to take to camp?

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

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

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

6. What reason does Melody give for wanting to be early?

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

8. Why does Melody worry about food in new places?

9. Why does Melody note appreciating being allowed to bathe herself?

10. What does Sage describe as her claim to fame?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Overall, what is the most important theme of Out of My Heart. What in the text indicates as much? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Explicate the significance of the novel’s title.

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