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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. In Chapter 7, where do Julie and Derek go after dinner?

2. What do the siblings hear at the end of Chapter 10?

3. Who is watching Julie and Jack have sexual intercourse?

4. What does Tom eat constantly after his mother dies?

5. Who insists on sealing the trunk?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the conversation Derek has with the siblings over tea, after sealing the cracked cement?

2. How does Tom get to play in girls' clothing without getting picked on by his friends?

3. What is Derek's solution to covering the rotting smell? What do the kids tell him the smell is?

4. Three weeks after Mother's death, Jack goes into the cellar to see the trunk. What are his thoughts as he visits the cellar?

5. Explain how Julie's punch of Jack turns into sex with him.

6. Jack thinks his hands smell like rotten meat. What does he do? What is really causing the smell?

7. How does the book end?

8. Why do Sue and Julie dress up Tom like a girl?

9. What do the girls say about Jack and Tom's appearances when they are dressing Tom like a girl?

10. Discuss the owners of the pool hall's relationship with Derek. Why does he play for free?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the roles transferred by Mother to Julie and Jack. What effect does this transfer have on the family unit as a whole?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the two oldest siblings and the two youngest ones.

Essay Topic 3

Irony is the contrast between what is expected and what actually happens. There are three types of irony: verbal, situational, and dramatic. Identify and discuss two examples of irony in the book. Which type of irony is it? What is expected and what actually occurs with your examples?

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