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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 Malachite making that Jam is looking forward to?

2. What does Redemption tell Jam before they leave the library?

3. What is bothering Jam about her relationship with her parents in Chapter 7?

4. Why does Jam tell Redemption Pet looks particularly scary?

5. How does Jam think Pet materializes for the first time in front of Redemption?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ube show Redemption and Jam the pamphlets on monsters, even though he knows their parents might not approve?

2. What do Jam and Redemption agree the angels in her library books actually look like to them?

3. How does Jam usually feel when she visits Redemption's house?

4. What is unique about Redemption's parents?

5. What emotion does Redemption feel in Chapter 9 that Pet seems to feed off of?

6. How does Ube react when Jam tells him she and Redemption are looking for information on family monsters?

7. What does Redemption think when he first sees Pet?

8. What does Jam particularly remember about Hibiscus and Redemption from the past?

9. At the end of Chapter 5, how is Jam feeling about Pet's assertion about Redemption's house?

10. What happens to Moss, Redemption's little brother, often?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Pet eventually win Jam's trust, even though it looks like a monster to her? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Why and how does Jam begin to feel isolated from her parents, Bitter and Aloe, following Pet's arrival? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What is Pet's face supposed to symbolize? Why is Hibiscus so maimed by looking upon Pet's face? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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