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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. What kind of bird do Melody and her cabin-mates see upon first reaching Lake Lilliana?

2. With which of the following does Chapter 12 begin?

3. Which of the following does the camp grow in its garden?

4. Where does Trinity report having lived?

5. Which of the following is the other group of girls in Melody’s camp group?

Short Essay Questions

1. What smell does Melody note her mother has?

2. What reasons does Melody give for wanting to attend camp?

3. How does Melody describe the smell of camp?

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

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

6. What reason does Melody posit for Cassie’s hair coloring?

7. For what reason does Melody note not feeling left out as Penny and Valencia chase fireflies?

8. What reason does Trinity give for having a prosthetic leg?

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

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

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 2

Explicate the significance of the novel’s title.

Essay Topic 3

A lack of formal sectional division in the novel obliges a fairly arbitrary breakdown of the text for purposes of study and discussion. How might the novel be sectioned off other than it currently is? Why might those divisions be appropriate, based on the text and its contexts of composition and reception?

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