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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. Who saves Lee from Mrs. Stanchak in Chapter 8?

2. What advice does Martha give Lee regarding Cross in Chapter 8?

3. What is the name of the publication for whom the reporter in Chapter 8 writes?

4. According to Lee in Chapter 8, which individual at Ault made her feel the worst about herself during her four years at Ault?

5. Who is excited about Lee’s upcoming date with Dave in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Lee in Chapter 7, why should she not be kicked out of school? What is her reasoning?

2. How does Lee’s father react to the article published in the New York Times in Chapter 8?

3. What information does Sin-Jun reveal to Lee at the end of Chapter 6?

4. What does Angie tell Lee during their phone call after the article is published in Chapter 8?

5. How does Lee react to the article published in the New York Times in Chapter 8?

6. Into what college is Lee accepted in Chapter 8? Where is she rejected?

7. How does Martha help Lee academically in Chapter 7? How does Martha feel about her deed?

8. Who is Dave Bardo and what happens between him and Lee in Chapter 6?

9. Why does Lee get punished in Chapter 8? What punishment is she given, and what happens?

10. What college does Lee wish to attend, as explained in Chapter 8? Why? What does her college advisor tell her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the characters of Conchita, Little, and Sin-Jun. What do these characters illustrate about the Ault community? What do they illustrate about Lee?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the author’s choice to tell this story by using the first-person perspective. How does viewing the action through a first-person perspective affect the story? How would the novel change if the story was told through the third person?

Essay Topic 3

Lee finds herself involved in several conflicts over the course of the novel. Choose one instance of internal conflict and one instance of external conflict and explain how these conflicts have an impact on the novel and on the other characters.

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