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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 is the first question Noah asks Melody?

2. With which of the following does Chapter 29 begin?

3. Against which of the following do the Fiery Falcons first compete in Balloon Ball?

4. Upon the sight of what in the cabin does Karyn scream?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Melody mount her horse?

5. How is Melody equipped for going out on a nature walk?

6. What does Carter cite as the best reason to be a boat captain?

7. How does Melody describe the smell of jazz?

8. What evidence against Butterscotch’s fierceness does Melody present?

9. What does Melody describe as her “secret weapon” in Balloon Ball (238)?

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

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

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

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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