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

2. In Chapter 13, after how many seconds are each pair of relay runners to start running?

3. In Chapter 14, how does Bev get into Tony's SUV?

4. Who makes an announcement in Chapter 11 that she needs to have her belly button ring taken out?

5. When does Tony want the girls to see Emily in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In Chapter 9, what does rain on Wednesday mean to Patina?

5. In Chapter 13, why does Patina ask her uncle and Maddy to wait ten minutes for her after track practice?

6. Why does Tony come and get Patina from school in Chapter 11?

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

8. What happens when Emily beeps the horn and waves Becca, Taylor, and TeeTee to the car?

9. How is Becca's room different from what Patina expects?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 2

Patina’s English teacher is teaching the poem The Charge of the Light Brigade. What does the poem mean? How does Patina figure out the meaning of the poem?

Essay Topic 3

Allusions are figures of speech used when an author mentions a person, place, or thing, but does not provide background information about the person, place, or thing. What are some allusions that the author uses in the book? Is research required to understand the allusions the author makes? Does the use of allusions make understanding of what is happening difficult?

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