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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. Whom does Lee learn has been nominated for prefect as Chapter 7 begins?

2. What does Dave give to Lee on the way home from the hospital in Chapter 6?

3. Who sends Lee the first Valentine’s rose?

4. Who helps Lee cheat on her math test at the end of Chapter 7?

5. How does Lee’s father react to the article published in The New York Times?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do other students react to the article published in The New York Times in Chapter 8?

2. Who is Aubrey? What does the reader learn about him in Chapter 7?

3. Who is Devin and what information does Lee learn from him in Chapter 8?

4. Who comes to visit Lee at the start of Chapter 8? What is Lee’s reaction to this visit?

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

6. What restrictions does Lee place on Cross after they begin secretly seeing one another in Chapter 8? How does he react to these terms?

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

8. According to Lee in Chapter 6, what did she learn from Conchita and Dave? How does she describe her relationships with these two people?

9. Why do Lee and her family come into conflict over Christmas break in Chapter 8? How does Lee feel about her family at this time?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay defining friendship from the perspective of Lee. What does it mean to be a friend, according to Lee? How do the choices she makes reflect these values?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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