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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. Where does Sam's father go in Chapter 3 for the weekend?

2. What is the name of the employee at the climbing gym who gives Sam chalk in Chapter 6?

3. What is the name of the salon where Courtney works?

4. In Chapter 18, where is Halle going to go to high school?

5. In Chapter 1, when Sam's father picks her up and holds her by the heels, what fall from her clothes?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 15, how does Sam do in her final round of bouldering?

2. In Chapter 17, why is Courtney out of patience?j

3. What are Sam and Mitchell drawing that they began when she was little?

4. Where is Sam climbing in Chapter 17, and why does she have to stop?

5. How does Jack get the house in Chapter 9?

6. How does Sam try to hide a rip in her coat, and how successful are her efforts?

7. Why does Declan start taking Sam home after practice on Saturdays?

8. What happens for Sam between the time she is ten and 14?

9. What happens to Mitchell in Chapter 25?

10. In Chapter 5, where does Sam go with Courtney, and why does she go with her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sam returns to climbing. How and why is climbing an escape for her?

Essay Topic 2

When Sam starts high school, she has nothing in common with the other girls, and she feels alone and insignificant. Why does Sam feel alone and insignificant in high school? Why does she describe herself as a molecule when she starts high school?

Essay Topic 3

Corey and Sam are assigned to do a physics project together and then begin spending time together. How and why do they view their relationship differently?

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