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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 is the bloodiest battlefield referred to in Chapter 11?

2. In Chapter 11, what are jerks at the back of the school bus flicking at Cap?

3. How old is Sophie?

4. What does Mr. Kasigi compare Cap to in Chapter 7?

5. Who helps Cap with directions when he drives the school bus in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Cap wish that he could talk with Rain more often?

2. How does Hugh describe Cap?

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

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

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

6. What is Garland Farm?

7. Why is Hugh having a great school year in Chapter 11?

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

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

10. How does Cap feel when he witnesses his fight in Chapter 4?

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 experiences conflicts as he attends middle school and lives with the Donnelly’s. What are some of the conflicts that Cap deals with, and what do these conflicts reveal about Cap and the type of person that he is?

Essay Topic 3

Naomi describes Cap as sensitive. In what ways is Cap sensitive and how does his sensitivity affect the way that Naomi begins to perceive Cap?

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