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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 Dylan do when Jared tell him about the YouTube video of their fight?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 11: "Requiem For the Trilobites," where are the trilobites going on a Monday?

3. How long is Destiny gone when she goes to get diapers in Chapter 10: "Abandonment Issues"?

4. What instrument does Sarah compare Jared to in Chapter 21: "Home Alone"?

5. When Destiny visits Jared at his room in Chapter 15: "Destiny Knocks," what does he have taped to his ceiling?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Powder House and what happened to Jared there in Chapter 6: "Powder House Rules"?

2. What does the letter Jared writes Nana Anita after moving say? What did she write back?

3. How do Nana Anita and Nana Sophia each act toward Jared in the first six chapters of Son of a Trickster?

4. What do Jared's mom and Richie gift Jared in Chapter 8: "The Christmas Tree Hunt"?

5. In Chapter 19: "Adventures at the All Native," while Jared is hitchhiking, what does he experience when an elderly lady stops to offer him a ride?

6. Why does Jared cut his own hair in Chapter 8: "The Christmas Tree Hunt"?

7. What does Jared learn in Chapter 13: "Oxydipal Complex" his dad has been deceiving him about?

8. What does Jared experience with the crows in Chapter 23: "Doctor Who Marathon"?

9. In Chapter 7: "Norman Rockwell Redux," it is revealed that Jared has been doing what with the money he makes selling weed cookies?

10. Who are the Jaks, and what is Jared's relationship with them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Jared's relationship with Nana Sophia and Granny Anita in Son Of A Trickster. Who does he find comfort in at different points in the novel? How do each of them let him down in some way?

Essay Topic 2

Individuals are truly not able to escape the circumstances they find themselves in. With reference to Son of a Trickster, write an essay discussing the way different characters are unable to escape from different life circumstances.

Essay Topic 3

People have different ways of expressing their feelings, such as love and disappointments. With reference to Son of a Trickster, write an essay bringing out different ways that various characters use to express their feelings.

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