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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 do Ginny and Armpit's conversation about Kaira reveal?
2. What is Habib's alias?
3. What does Armpit do to Kaira's letter?
4. What does Armpit hear Kaira sing on the radio one day?
5. What does Armpit decide to do Friday morning?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Armpit's conversation with Detective Newburg.
2. What does Armpit notice as he is telling Ginny about his time with Kaira?
3. How does Kaira discover that Armpit is ticklish and what does Fred interrupt?
4. What does Detective Newburg ask Armpit to do and what is his response?
5. What does Armpit stop to buy and then where do Kaira and Armpit go?
6. What does Armpit's boss say about Armpit's work and what does the boss offer to do?
7. Why is Armpit uneasy in a coffee shop and what does Kaira say about Ginny and Kaira's own work with a dying girl?
8. What does Detective Newburg tell Armpit?
9. What does the narrator say about what happens in the events surrounding Kaira?
10. What does Armpit realize about a song he hears Kaira sing?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the following:
1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?
2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of Small Steps, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?
3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements in Small Steps. (The subplots may not contain every element of a major plot). Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not. Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss one of the following:
1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in Small Steps. Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with growth? Why? What are some symbols of growth? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid?
2. Trace and analyze the theme of trust in Small Steps. Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to be trustworthy? Why? Which are not?
3. Trace and analyze the theme of change in Small Steps. Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with change? Why? What are some symbols of change? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid? Which characters change the most? How?
Essay Topic 3
1. What is foreshadowing? How many incidences of foreshadowing are in Small Steps? How does foreshadowing contribute to a book's suspense?
2. Discuss an example of foreshadowing in Small Steps, including why you believe it is foreshadowing. Include examples from the book and your own life to illustrate your answer.
3. How do you think most people react to uncertainty in their lives? Use examples from Small Steps and your own live to support your opinion.
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