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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. How old was Scott when he crashed his bike and broke his arm?

2. In Chapter 11, what day of the week does the school paper come out with Scott's article in it?

3. In Chapter 4, what is Scott's mother looking at when he gets home from school?

4. In Chapter 3, where does Scott go after art class?

5. In Chapter 15, how long does Scott's father say that it took him to talk to Scott's mom?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Scott not to get to sleep in on Saturday in Chapter 6?

2. In Chapter 12, how does Scott describe the new girl?

3. At the end of Chapter 15, what does Scott say about gym class?

4. In Chapter 7, how does Scott's father say that he got Scott's mother to notice him?

5. How does Scott say that he learned to like to reading in Chapter 12?

6. At the end of Chapter 3, what does Mouth tell Scott about his first day of high school and how does he look?

7. At the end of Chapter 12, what does Scott say about school teachers?

8. In Chapter 13, how does Mr. Franka have the class study poetry?

9. What does Scott's mother say when he asks if anyone in his family has ever gone to college?

10. Why does Bobby leave home in Chapter 11?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Scott dies his hair and Lee removes her piercings and wears a dress to the last dance of the school year. How do Scott and Lee step out of their normal identities for the dance? What are their motives for doing so? What are their motives for making those changes?

Essay Topic 2

Scott sometimes wonders if he is adopted because he is so different from his father and his brother. Why does Scott sometimes wonder if he is adopted? What is revealed about nature versus nurture by comparing Scott to his brother and dad?

Essay Topic 3

Scott often comments that he has no idea what girls think. A major theme in the book is the inability of people to fully understand one another. How are the characters in the book examples of the inability of people to fully understand one another? How do those misunderstandings affect the plot?

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