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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. How is the student who asks Stargirl to dance described?

2. What does Stargirl say to Leo at lunch in these chapters?

3. What does Stargirl post on Roadrunner?

4. What decision does Senor Saguaro indicate Leo has to make?

5. What does Leo do after school the same day Stargirl walks up to Leo at lunch?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Leo ask Archie when he returns to visit fifteen years later and how does Archie respond?

2. Where does Stargirl show Leo that she finds out who may need a gift?

3. In what two ways does Stargirl show her reverence for the earth?

4. What do the adults at the class reunion talk about?

5. Who does Leo talk to about the situation in school and what response is he given?

6. How do the students of Mica High now feel about Stargirl and what did she give them?

7. What does Archie go to the desert to do and how does Archie seem to feel about the process?

8. What special contest has Stargirl qualified for and how does Leo react?

9. What do Leo and Stargirl talk about on the walk home after school and how does Leo react?

10. What two unusual things does Stargirl show Leo that she has in her room?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What changes happened at Mica High School throughout the novel? Which were positive? Which were negative? Do you think these changes could have been prevented? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Consider that one of the messages from the author is that life is the best teacher. How does this relate to the characters? Which character seems to agree with this message? Why do you think so?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay on how nationalism was portrayed in this novel and how it directly relates to the school life for all of the characters.

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