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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 groups joins the Fiery Falcons on a nature walk?

2. With which of the following does Chapter 26 begin?

3. To which of the following do camp counselors compare wheelchairs?

4. What breed of horse does Noah ride?

5. What does Melody report as her reading level?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reputation does Melody note the Fiery Falcons are developing at camp?

2. What thought regarding her horse saddens Melody as she rides?

3. What reasons do the counselors give for being upset with Melody and her cabin-mates for their unauthorized excursion?

4. Why does Melody doubt she should tell her parents about her horseback ride?

5. How does Melody describe the smell of jazz?

6. How does Lulu define the term “habitat”?

7. How does Melody mount her horse?

8. What earns Malik his nickname of Candy Man?

9. Why is Melody shocked by the news of a camp dance?

10. How does Karyn note her father had tried to rid himself of skunk smell?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

Melody wryly muses “Lotta Titanic fans at this camp” (144). What effect does the persistent reference to that film have for the reader? How does that effect manifest?

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