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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. With which of the following does Chapter 26 begin?

2. In Balloon Ball, how many points are scored for a balloon lost to the sky?

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

4. With which of the following does Melody waken Trinity in the night?

5. What is the meaning of the name of the horse assigned to Melody?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Melody feel like crying while aboard the Silver Sarah?

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

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

4. How does Melody describe the smell of jazz?

5. How does Melody compare herself to a light fixture on her back porch?

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

7. How do the Fiery Falcons prepare uniforms for Balloon Ball?

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 2

To what extent do the protagonist and her cabin-mates fill the roles of the traditional four humor / temperament character group, and what effects on the narrative does it have that they do to the extent that they do? How are those effects evidenced?

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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