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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 name of the woman Bev greets in the dialysis room before she, her girls, and Tony go to see Emily in Chapter 14?

2. In Chapter 15, how long does it take Patina to braid her hair for the track meet?

3. In Chapter 13, what does Tony have in the SUV?

4. What job did Emily's mother have after her father left?

5. How far do Ghost and Lu have to run after practice on Thursday in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Patina's mother not usually go to her track meets?

2. What does Becca's grandmother make, and what does Becca say about her grandmother?

3. Why does Uncle Tony not allow Patina to call her mother in Chapter 11?

4. What does Patina learn about TeeTee and Taylor, when Maddy and Momly pick her up from Becca's?

5. In Chapter 10, what does Patina learn about Momly?

6. What changes are made to the history project when Patina is gone?

7. In Chapter 12, what does a nurse tell Patina and her uncle about Momly and Maddy's condition?

8. What conversations do Tony, Patina, and Maddy have with Bev?

9. Why does Tony say that Patina and Maddy cannot go to pickup up Emily from the hospital?

10. How does Patina's mother tell her to fix turkey wings, and how is that different from the way that Momly fixes them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How does the author use idioms in the book? Why are the idioms sometimes difficult to understand? Why do the idioms often require research to understand their meaning?

Essay Topic 2

Dialogue tags help identify who is speaking in a written conversation. What would happen if dialogue tags were never used to identify who is speaking in a written conversation? What are some common dialogue tags used to identify speakers in a written conversation? What descriptive dialogue tags has the author used, especially in Chapter 12? How do those dialogue tags help readers imagine scenes? How do they add another layer of description?

Essay Topic 3

Bev had both legs amputated. Why did Bev have both legs amputated? How has the disease affected Bev’s ability to mother her daughters?

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