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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. Where is Scott's Spanish teacher from?

2. In Chapter 14, where does Patrick say that his family is moving?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 6, what does Scott's mom give him for breakfast?

4. In Chapter 15 how does Scott get to the football game?

5. Where is Scott's house located?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Scott's mother realize about the house they live in in Chapter 13?

2. In Chapter 5 how does Scott describe gym class?

3. In Chapter 2 after Scott's English class, how do the freshmen get through the halls?

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

5. At the end of Chapter 6, what does Bobby tell Scott about the new baby coming?

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

7. What happens to Mouth at the bus stop in Chapter 2?

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

9. Why does Scott decide to join the school newspaper?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Julia tells Scott that she is envious of him. In what way have Scott and Julia been envious of one another? What do they both realize about their lives after discussing Julia’s comment that she is envious of Scott?

Essay Topic 2

Scott grows up over the course of his freshman year. How does Scott grow and mature during his first year in high school physically, mentally, and emotionally?

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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