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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 does Ma give Jessie before she leaves Clifton?

2. In Chapter 5, how does Ma describe Mr. Neely?

3. In Chapter 5, what makes Jesse dizzy?

4. Why is Jessie happy after using the bathroom at Clifton?

5. While hiding in Chapter 6, what does Jessie hear someone say about Clifton security?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what does Ma worry about when it comes to the health of the residents of Clifton?

2. What happens when Jessie walks Katie home before she leaves Clifton?

3. In Chapter 1, how does Jessie describe a visit to Dr. Fister?

4. After watching Clifton from the outside point of view, what does Jessie think of people in 1996?

5. What does Jessie do after leaving the bathroom in Chapter 7?

6. What does Ma give Jessie before she leaves Clifton?

7. In Chapter 8, how does Jessie almost give away her true identity?

8. Why does Ma tell Jessie to find Mr. Neely?

9. In Chapter 9, what does Jessie realize about the trees she thought were haunted her entire life?

10. In Chapter 1, how does Jessie describe her family's house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider the changes between 1840 and 1996. Which changes are largest? What things are the same? What do these similarities and differences reveal about modern times?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze "Running Out of Time" as a thriller. How does this novel fit within the description of the genre? Are there other genres that may represent this novel better? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Explore the message the author provides about the relationship between adults and children. Are these two groups at odds with each other as enemies, or do they work together? How does the relationship change? What does this relationship reveal?

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