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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 do the letters D.E.A.R. stand for?
2. What did Beezus and the other girls do at a sleepover at Mary Jane's house?
3. What color is Picky-picky, the Quimbys cat?
4. In Chapter 4, what is Mr. Quimby trying to draw?
5. What is Ramona's class practicing writing in cursive when she returns to class in Chapter 3?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Ramona feel about writing the letter Q in cursive?
2. What does Mrs. Whaley give each student before lunch in Chapter 4, and why?
3. Why can the Quimby family not watch television in the evenings?
4. What does Ramona think is a good thing about her new school?
5. What happens to Ramona's eraser, and how does she get it back?
6. What does Ramona's teacher say about her squeaky shoes, and how does Ramona react?
7. What do Willa Jean and Ramona play when Bruce arrives in Chapter 2?
8. What conversation does the family have when the girls complain about the meal?
9. What is Sustained Silent Reading, and what does the teacher call it?
10. Who comes to get Ramona from the office, and what conversation do they have?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in Ramona Quimby, Age 8? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?
Essay Topic 2
Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How does the author use idioms in Ramona Quimby, Age 8? Why are the idioms sometimes difficult to understand? Why do the idioms often require research to understand their meaning?
Essay Topic 3
How would you describe the relationship between Ramona and her father? Explain an incident from the book that reveals the type of relationship that they have.
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