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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 vehicle propels toward Sia after she flees the soup kitchen in Chapter 6?

2. What word from Chapter 17 refers to the state of being too terrified to move or think?

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

4. What kind of vehicle does Kyle drive in Chapter 16?

5. What are the names of Kyle’s friends from the bakery that Sia passes on her way to the empty desk in history class in Chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Carol teach Sia in Chapter 5? What does Carol tell Sia about finding work?

2. How much money does Sia’s mother give her for lunch in Chapter 11? How does Sia respond?

3. How does Sia’s mother respond when Sia asks her why they are so wealthy in Chapter 9?

4. Who comes up to Sia to offer her “blankets” in Chapter 3? How is this character described?

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

6. How would you describe the character of Sia as introduced in Chapter 1?

7. What leads up to the conflict between Duke and Kyle in Chapter 18?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of friendship in the novel. In what ways is Carol the only “true friend” that Sia has at this point in the novel? How does Carol differ from Sia’s school friends and her family? What does friendship mean to Sia?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss the lives of the homeless in Los Angeles, California. How many people are homeless in L.A. today? What resources are available to the homeless here? Where do the homeless live? How and where do they eat? Do you think the author portrays these realities well in the novel?

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