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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 do Tony and Patina pretend to eat together in Chapter 14?

2. In Chapter 14, what is Tony holding when he says goodnight to Patina?

3. In Chapter 10, where is Maddy going for a field trip in the morning?

4. In Chapter 14, what is the name of the young man who is to take Emily to the operating room?

5. In Chapter 15, how does Patina cook turkey wings?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Dr. Lancaster say is the plan for Momly's treatment?

3. What does Patina notice when she sees Momly in the hospital in Chapter 12?

4. In Chapter 11, what does Maddy talk about the entire drive to school?

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does Patina feel as she runs the last 100 meters of the relay?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Patina and her sister Maddy have been adopted by their aunt and uncle. Why have Patina and Maddy been adopted by their aunt and uncle? What is conveyed about traditional and non-traditional family units through their family?

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

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?

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