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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 Sam do the day of the prom?

2. When Sam tries to climb Old Bones in Chapter 44, how far does she keep falling to the mat?

3. What does Mitchell give Noah to feed a horse in Chapter 39?

4. In Chapter 43, how long has Mitchell been gone?

5. What is the temperature in August in Chapter 27 when Corey is supposed to come home from camp?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sam feel when she sees Declan at Little Bear?

2. Where does Justin live and what is it like?

3. What does Sam tell Justin about her dad in Chapter 43, and what does Justin realize?

4. What problems are there with Noah in Chapter 35?

5. How does Sam feel when Mitchell dies?

6. How does Sam feel and what does she do about her father's disappearance in Chapter 26?

7. In Chapter 34, what does Mitchell tell Sam when he sees her on a Sunday morning?

8. In Chapter 46, what does Sam buy Noah and why?

9. Where does Sam work the summer before her junior year, and what are the conditions like?

10. How does Sam meet Justin, Kyle, Sean, and Amber?

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 Sam? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does it help readers connect with and understand characters?

Essay Topic 2

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How does Goodman use idioms in Sam? Why are the idioms sometimes difficult to understand? Why do idioms often require research to understand their meaning?

Essay Topic 3

Sam and Halle become friends through climbing. What type of relationship do they have and how and why does it change?

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