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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. How many points does Melody score in Balloon Ball?

2. With which of the following does Chapter 32 begin?

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

4. With which of the following does Chapter 23 begin?

5. Which group sets up the fire after Melody’s nature walk?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Melody describe the smell of jazz?

2. What is noted as the basic rule of Balloon Ball?

3. What prompts the counselors to close lunch prior to Balloon Ball?

4. How does Melody mount her horse?

5. To what does Melody ascribe her nighttime need to visit the latrine?

6. How does Noah describe the experience of the skunk?

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

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

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

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

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

How does the novel navigate the tensions among safety, support, and freedom? How is its navigation of the same relevant to readers?

Essay Topic 3

Much of the novel focuses on the protagonist living with cerebral palsy. How might the novel have been different if the protagonist have a different condition, and why might it be different in such a way or such ways?

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