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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 does Melody describe Penny being obsessed with in Chapter 10?

2. What does Mrs. V do after she and Melody watch the clouds in the end of Chapter 6?

3. Who taught Melody's special education classes in third grade?

4. What does Melody name the puppy that her father gives her?

5. What is the name of the snowman that the special education class decorates each year at Christmas at Melody's school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Mrs. Shannon relate to Melody's parents at the parent-teacher conference in Chapter 12?

2. How does Melody describe her relationship with her father in Chapter 3?

3. How does Melody describe the importance and meaning of "words" in Chapter 1?

4. How does Melody's household change after her mother gives birth to Penny?

5. How does Mrs. Brooks respond to Dr. Hugely's assessment of Melody in Chapter 4?

6. How does Melody describe her communication with her father in Chapter 10?

7. How does Melody describe her disability and its impacts on her everyday life in Chapter 2?

8. How does Melody describe her school in Chapter 5? Where does Melody go to class?

9. How is the character of Catherine introduced in Chapter 12? What are Melody's first impressions of Catherine?

10. How would you describe Melody's perceptions of herself in the beginning of the novel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Melody's friendship with Rose in the novel. What forms the initial basis of their friendship? How does their friendship evolve as Melody gains the ability to communicate? What discrimination does Rose face as she befriends Melody?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the character of Penny in the novel. How old is Penny? How would you describe Melody's relationship with Penny? What jealousies does Melody feel regarding Penny? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the themes of family, friendship, and support in the novel. Who are the characters the support Melody the most? How do they support her? What does family mean to Melody?

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