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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 flavor of slushy does Melody eat first at camp?

2. Which poet does Valencia read at the library?

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

4. The name “Violet Valencia” offers an example of which of the following?

5. What game does Melody note playing with Valencia?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Athena note applesauce is magic?

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

3. Why does Melody select “Trish” as her assistive device’s voice?

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. How does Melody describe the smell of camp?

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

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

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

10. Why does Melody note she named her assistive device?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

As she is introduced to other campers in Chapter 12, Melody muses on fellow-feeling with them (77). To what extent is her assumption of fellowship justified by the novel? How is it justified to that extent?

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