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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 Kaitlin discover from her phone call to Bram in Chapter 9?

2. What does Kaitlin like about the Malone land?

3. By Chapter 12, how does Kaitlin view the Crutchfields?

4. Why does Kaitlin call Bram in Chapter 9?

5. What does Kaitlin thank Bram for in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Kaitlin initially dismiss the idea of going to college?

2. What does Bram ask of Kaitlin in Chapter 4?

3. What does Bram tell Kaitlin about his father in Chapter 8?

4. What does Kaitlin do when she finds out who Bram is?

5. In Chapter 4, what change is made to Kaitlin's father's conviction?

6. Why does Kaitlin smack Bram in Chapter 16? How does she explain her actions?

7. What does Bram confess to in Chapter 12?

8. Who is Becky, and what does Kaitlin beg Becky for in Chapter 8?

9. What does Kaitlin consider doing to the portrait Bram painted?

10. Why does Allison Crutchfield tell Kaitlin about the old Crutchfield documents?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss and interpret Pearson’s allusion to Shakespeare’s tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, in the novel Scribbler of Dreams.

Essay Topic 2

We are able to understand Kaitlin’s actions because we hear the story from her point of view. What if the story were told from another characters point of view, (e.g. Abby’s or Becky’s)? Would Kaitlin still be a sympathetic character? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the author of the novel, Mary E. Pearson. What other works has she received recognition for? Is her work usually similarly themed? Does she always write in the same genre?

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