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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 time does Simon wake and not get back to sleep in Chapter 15?

2. How long after the school shooting Simon endured was the school reopened?

3. In Chapter 16, where do Kevin and his mom go for the science fair regionals?

4. How many Sundays after Easter is the Solemnity of the Ascension?

5. On what highway did Curtis lose a body?

Short Essay Questions

1. What photo comes up when someone Googles "Simon O'Keeffe"?

2. After the school shooting, how did Isobel get a reporter named Kathy Catchpole to stop writing about the shooting?

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

4. How does Simon describe the school shooting?

5. How does Kevin learn that Simon is a survivor of a school shooting?

6. Why is it easy to steal Kevin's microwave?

7. Who figures out how to make the microwave run while it is open, and how do they make it run when it is open?

8. How is Mister Missing Body Semple related to other people in Grin And Bear It?

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

10. What is the basement like at the funeral home?

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

Simon meets Agate soon after he starts school at GNB Upper. What type of relationship develops between Simon and Agate?

Essay Topic 3

Bow reveals Simon and Kevin’s lives during a pivotal time. How do the events in Simon Sort of Says help Simon and Kevin mature and grow in the novel?

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