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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 statue is near the side door of St. Barbara's?

2. What does Simon have for breakfast on the last day of school?

3. How long are an emu's talons?

4. What do Simon and his mother have for breakfast at the Van der Zwaan farm after Mr. Bagshott's animals are captured?

5. Why does Mr. Greenway calls Isobel at 4 a.m. in the morning to go out to the Van der Zwaan farm?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What has Agate borrowed from Jade for the message project, and why?

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

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

6. Where is Mr. Semple's body found and how did it get there?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Simon does not think he is the brains when he works with Agate and Kevin on the message project. Why does Simon think he is not as smart as Agate and Kevin? What ideas and suggestions does he make? What does he think of that Agate and Kevin do not? Is Simon smart?

Essay Topic 3

Agate gives Simon Hercules so he can train and socialize the puppy. How do Simon and Hercules help one another and how is their relationship mutually beneficial?

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