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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 kind of car does Sia’s mother drive Sia home from the hospital in, in Chapter 8?

2. Where does Sia ask her driver to take her on the way home from school in Chapter 13?

3. Sia asks Beatriz if she can help her do what in Chapter 13?

4. Where does Carol take Sia to clean up in Chapter 5?

5. Who begins crying during the public confrontation between Sia and Duke in the hallway in Chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

1. Whom does Sia encounter at the food trucks in Chapter 2? What does this character offer to buy Sia?

2. What conflict is taking place when Sia awakens in Chapter 6? What does Sia do?

3. Why is Sia’s father upset in the beginning of Chapter 17? How does Sia respond to the situation?

4. What is the result of Sia’s confrontation with her mother in Chapter 17?

5. How is Sia’s mother described when Sia first observes her in Chapter 13?

6. What exchange takes place between Sia and Beatriz when Sia arrives home from school in Chapter 13?

7. What is Carol’s response when Sia asks her how she came to be homeless in Chapter 6?

8. Whom does Sia see and recognize in her class in Chapter 12? How is this character described by Sia’s friends?

9. What thoughts consume Sia as she falls asleep in the end of Chapter 10?

10. What encounter takes place when Sia and Carol are cleaning up in the bathroom in Chapter 5?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the setting of the Holloway Home in Beverly Hills, California. How big is the population of Beverly Hills? How are the homes here described? How does this setting contrast with the setting of the homeless encampment under the bridge?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the character of Carol in the novel. How old is Carol? How does the narrator describe Carol’s appearance? Why do you think Carol attempts to help Sia?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the characters of Bill and Beth in the narrative. How are the appearances of these characters described? What does Sia assume about these characters when she first encounters them? What is the apparent reality of Bill and Beth?

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