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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. In Chapter 12, what color is the new girl's hair?

2. At the end of Chapter 10, what is the nickname that Scott gives a teacher who is about to retire?

3. In Chapter 8, what major advice does Scott give his unborn sibling on September 19?

4. How long have Scott and Patrick been friends?

5. How many books does Scott get in honors English?

Short Essay Questions

1. What pretend article does Scott write about the football game at the end of Chapter 9?

2. What is the dance like for Scott in Chapter 14?

3. How does Scott find the high school cafeteria in Chapter 3?

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

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

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

7. What does Scott always notice, and how does it get him in a conversation with Lee?

8. What does Scott say about the book that Mouth reviews for the school paper in Chapter 11?

9. At the beginning of Chapter 1, what do Scott and his friends think high school will be like?

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

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 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

Bobby and Scott are brothers, but not terribly close at the beginning of the novel. What revelations does Scott discover about Bobby, and how does that information affect their relationship? How does their relationship change in the novel?

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