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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. How long has Cap been doing tai chi?

2. What was Rain doing when she fell?

3. How long did Mrs. Donnelly's family live at Garland Farm?

4. What does the first boy use when he hits the second boy at the beginning of Chapter 4?

5. How many weeks of rehab do the doctor and nurse want Rain to do in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was eighth grade class president last year and how did that work out?

3. How does Cap get locked in a courtyard off the library and what does he do until he is rescued?

4. How does Zach describe himself?

5. Why does Sophie say that Cap might be her good-luck charm in Chapter 13?

6. How does Hugh describe Cap?

7. What does Rain tell Cap to do when he says that he is scared?

8. Why does Mrs. Donnelly decide to have Cap stay at her house?

9. How is Cap being educated and why?

10. How is class president chosen at Claverage Middle School?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Rain considers television to be a vast wasteland, but Cap enjoys television when he watches it with Sophie. What does television symbolize for Rain and what does it symbolize for Cap, and how does that affect the way they view television?

Essay Topic 2

The author uses flashbacks to relate incidents that happened before the story began. In what way does the author use flashbacks to advance the plot and reveal information about characters and how does his choice to use flashbacks impacts the story and develop characters?

Essay Topic 3

Cap goes from class clown to being very popular. Why does Cap’s image change as he attends middle school, and how does this change affect Cap and the other students and their relationships with one another?

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