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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 do Kevin and Simon do after Kevin reveals that he Googled Simon and learned about the school shooting?

2. How many watts of electromagnetic radiation does Kevin say a microwave like his family has can produce?

3. What pew does Simon sit in during Sunday Mass in Chapter 20?

4. In Chapter 20, how many students who were killed at Eagle Crest does Martin name in his homily?

5. Where does Connie Semple say her parents were going to take a trip in an RV?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Mr. Greenway, and why does he call in Chapter 15?

2. Why does Simon not go to school on the last day of the year?

3. Why does Simon think they run into a space alien when he and Kevin take the microwave to Agate's treehouse?

4. Why is Simon alone at church in Chapter 20?

5. How does Doc Matapang make a halo halo for Simon?

6. What is it like at the Van der Zwaan farm when Isobel and Simon come to help with the emus?

7. How does Simon react when tornado sirens go off?

8. How have the students in Simon's class been keeping busy during the last two weeks of school?

9. How do Agate and Simon lure the emus back to Mr. Bashott's farm?

10. What is Run Across America?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Conflicts between characters are often caused by a problem. What are some conflicts that occur in the novel? Are the conflicts in the book mostly man vs. man, man vs. nature, or man vs. self? Are they internal or external conflicts?

Essay Topic 2

When sirens announce a tornado is near, Simon panics. Why does Simon panic?

Essay Topic 3

An allusion is a figure of speech that does not directly refer to a person, place, or thing. What are some allusions in Simon Sort of Says? Why might it be difficult to decipher an allusion just by the context of a passage in a book? Why might research be required to understand allusions?

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