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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom do when the boys finally tell him what happened?

2. What does Mr. Beckman threaten?

3. What does Victoria do in the car with the McPheron brothers?

4. What does the man at Victoria's work claim to have in his car?

5. What does Victoria do when she is talking to the McPheron brothers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Victoria matures and grows throughout the book. Ike and Bobby do also.

1. What do you think might be some of the reasons Victoria is maturing? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Do you think Victoria's maturity shown in the book is unrealistic in the short amount of time period the book covers? Why or why not?

3. Discuss the ways that Ike and Bobby show changes in their maturity in the book.

Essay Topic 2

Victoria has a poor relationship with her mother. Ike and Bobby seem to have a good relationship with their father. The three are different ages.

1. What constitutes a good relationship between a parent and child? What about a bad one?

2. Do you think the relationship between a parent and child is different at different ages, for example, Victoria's age compared to Ike or Bobby's age? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your life to support your answer.

3. Does Russell have a good or bad relationship with his father? Why? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

We can infer that Victoria is accustomed to verbal abuse from her mother because she does not seem alarmed until her mother says she will kick Victoria out of the house. Prior to that, Victoria listened to her mother's abusive name calling as if it were a normal occurrence.

1. Do you think verbal fighting and name calling is abuse? Do you think it should be illegal for a parent to do that? Why or why not?

2. How do you think Victoria's mother's verbal abuse of her daughter affects her daughter? Use examples from the text to support your answer.

3. Why do you think a parent would kick a daughter out of the house is she became pregnant? Discuss what you would do if Victoria was your daughter.

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