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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. What is served for dinner following Balloon Ball?

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

4. In Balloon Ball, how many points are scored for a popped balloon?

5. In Balloon Ball, how many points are scored for a captured balloon?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What earns Malik his nickname of Candy Man?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

To what genre other than middle-grade literature might the novel be considered to belong? How and why?

Essay Topic 2

Explicate the significance of the protagonist’s counselor’s name.

Essay Topic 3

Notably, while the protagonist’s mother appears and is named in the novel, her father appears but is not named. What significance accrues to the failure to name him, and how does it present itself?

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