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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 39 begin?

2. A song from which musical features at the campfire following Balloon Ball?

3. What is served for dessert after Melody’s nature walk?

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Melody mount her horse?

8. What justification is given for scoring a caught balloon as 50 points?

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

10. What earns Malik his nickname of Candy Man?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

The protagonist of the novel is clear. Who is the second most important character in the novel? Why is that character second most important?

Essay Topic 3

Overall, what is the most important theme of Out of My Heart. What in the text indicates as much? How does it do so?

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