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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 song does Sophie hear when she accidentally turns on the radio during her driver's test?

2. How much money does Rain get when she sells Garland?

3. What does Sophie throw at Cap at the beginning of Chapter 16.

4. What does Cap read at night in Chapter 27?

5. In Chapter 25, how many students are convinced that the eight grade president has come to tragedy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Hugh Cap's first drop out from his morning tai chi group?

2. What does Zach feel when he sees Cap Anderson at his lunch table?

3. What does Hugh get Cap to do in Chapter 20 and what happens?

4. How has Hugh tried to take his friendship with Cap further than just school?

5. What is life like for Zach as he walks the halls and gets things from his locker in Chapter 25?

6. Why is Sophie upset at the beginning of Chapter 16?

7. Why does Hugh decide he is finished with Cap?

8. Why does Mrs. Donnelly tell Mr. Kasigi that the problem with the checks is his fault?

9. How does Cap's tie-dying project proceed?

10. What does Darryl realize after he learns that Hugh is probably the one who got Cap to dress up in a rival team's uniform?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hugh is Cap’s first friend. How do Hugh and Cap’s relationship change, and what emotions experienced by Hugh cause the relationship to change?

Essay Topic 2

Zach has never really known what it is like to not be popular. How does Zach’s popularity rise and fall in the novel, and how does not being popular affect Zach and his outlook on life?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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