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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Norton well known for?

2. Who shows up to John's and Lorraine's party in a taxi cab?

3. As John explores the house, while Mr. Pignati is at the hospital, Lorraine asks what he's doing. What does he reply?

4. What is Mrs. Pignati's first name?

5. What clues indicate that John has a crush on Lorraine?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Perhaps more than any other character, Lorraine experiences a great measure of internal conflict. Explain how the following internal conflicts arise for Lorraine. How she deals with each one? In each instance, does she find a resolution to the conflict?

1. Doing what's right versus following John.

2. Having fun versus treating others with respect.

3. Being angry with her mother versus sympathizing with her mother's hard life.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Lorraine's mother with John's mother.

1. Which one is the more effective parent?

2. By the end of the book, which pair has the better relationship -- Lorraine and her mother, or John and his mother? Why? Support your answers with specific details from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the symbolic meaning the author is trying to attach to the the following:

1. Mr. Pignati's extensive pig collection.

2. John's and Lorraine's roller skates.

3. Bobo the baboon.

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