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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 does Detective Newburg tell Armpit?

2. Who signs Armpit's cast?

3. What does the letter from Kaira to Armpit say?

4. How does Kaira discover Armpit is ticklish?

5. Whom does Armpit's boss offer to hire?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what dilemmas is Armpit immersed, and what does he decide?

2. Describe the interaction between Armpit and Kaira in the hotel restaurant.

3. What happens when Armpit witnesses an interrogation of X-Ray?

4. How does the attack on Kaira end?

5. What does the letter Armpit receives from Kaira say?

6. What does the narrator say about what happens in the events surrounding Kaira?

7. What "game" do Kaira and Armpit play when they leave the hotel restaurant and what does Kaira disclose to Armpit?

8. What does El Genius do in Armpit's room?

9. What happens when Kaira is getting ready for her show and El Genius comes in her room?

10. What happens when Armpit encounters Felix and Moses coming back from his speech exam?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following:

1. Who is/are the protagonists of the story and why?

2. Who is/are the antagonists of the story and why?

3. Which 3 secondary characters have the greatest impact on the plot?

4. Are any of the characters dispensable and which ones? Why or why not?

5. Do you think this is a character-driven plot or an action-driven plot? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Characters are an integral and important part of almost all novels. Discuss the following:

1. Compare/contrast the characters of Armpit and X-Ray. How are they similar? How are they different? Is there a flaw in each of their personalities? Be specific and give examples.

2. Compare/contrast the characters of Ginny and Kaira. How do they seem different? Which do you like more? Why? Which one seems more of a well-rounded character?

3. Thoroughly analyze how three of the secondary characters in Small Steps help drive the plot and what their contribution is to the story line. Are any of the secondary characters unnecessary? Indispensable? Which of the secondary characters are likable? Which are either unlikable or even despicable? Be specific and give examples.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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