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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 Sophie call her mother at the beginning of Chapter 9?

2. What footwear is Cap wearing on his first day of middle school?

3. Who does Sophie say is picked every year to be the eighth grade class president?

4. In Chapter 8, what does Cap remember that he and Rain were doing in Rutherford?

5. Why does a police officer arrest Capricorn at the beginning of Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Holly van Arden mention for food for the Halloween dance?

2. How does Hugh describe Cap?

3. What does Cap do when he finds a dead bird in his locker?

4. What does Cap tell his grandmother about middle school?

5. How does Naomi describe Lena?

6. What does Sophie's father do for her birthday?

7. What is Mrs. Donnelly's experience with Garland Farm?

8. What is helping Cap understand regular school in Chapter 12?

9. What is Garland Farm?

10. What does Rain say about Cap driving the school bus?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Cap is the protagonist in the novel. Who is the antagonist and what effects does the antagonist have on Cap and on Cap’s view of the world outside Garland?

Essay Topic 2

Cap is very innocent when he begins school at Claverage. How does his innocence affect his experiences at the middle school and the way that he influences the other students?

Essay Topic 3

Cap finds the world outside of Garland confusing. Why is the outside world like a foreign country to Cap, and how do the differences affect him and his outlook on life?

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