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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 Portico offer Herbert when he first meets him?

2. When Stuntboy is introduced, what instrument plays?

3. What apartment does Portico live in?

4. Halfway through the dance contest at Zola's birthday party, who arrives?

5. What does Portico do when he gets back to his apartment and sees his dad holding the picture frame?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Portico's parents tell him about moving?

2. What type of chair do Portico's parents fight over, and where did they get the chair?

3. How did Portico protect Zola on the first day of school when she was new to Skylight Gardens?

4. What advice does the narrator have for planning a birthday party?

5. What is the Zamarama Zigzag, and how does it work?

6. Where did Portico's parents get a coffee table, and how has it been used?

7. Who is Stuntboy and why has no one ever heard of him?

8. Where does Portico go after he makes a mess at Zola's party?

9. How does Mr. Brawner sell a lawn chair?

10. How does Portico become Stuntboy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Portico and Zola learn that Soup is Herbert’s stepfather. How does this revelation change Portico and Zola’s understanding of Herbert and why he acts the way he does?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in Stuntboy, In the Meantime? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and character? How does it help readers connect with and understand characters?

Essay Topic 3

Herbert changes in Episode 8. How does Herbert change in Episode 8? How are changes in Herbert a role reversal?

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