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

2. Which Fiery Falcon is the first to endorse playing Balloon Ball?

3. Which of the Falcons notes a fear of thunder?

4. What is the first question Noah asks Melody?

5. Which of the following does Melody have for breakfast after the unwelcome cabin visitor is sent off?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do the Panthers clean themselves of the skunk smell?

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

4. How does Melody describe the smell of jazz?

5. What revelation regarding cookies does Melody have at camp?

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

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

8. What earns Malik his nickname of Candy Man?

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

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

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

Explicate the significance of the protagonist’s cabin-mates’ names.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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