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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. According to Maureen in Section III, Chapter 9, where is the only safe place to speak?
2. What is the name of the new boy who attacks Avery in Section IV, Chapter 12?
3. According to George in Section III, Chapter 4, Luke must never lie about what?
4. Whom does Luke recognize upon going to Level B in Section III, Chapter 7?
5. In Section IV, Chapter 23, who yells at Luke for sleeping in an empty bedroom?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is done to Luke in Section III, Chapter 7?
2. What people does Luke meet at the beginning of Section III? What is each like?
3. What happens when Luke takes the SATs in Section II, Chapters 4 and 5?
4. What does Mr. Greer tell Luke's parents in Section II, Chapter 1?
5. How is Luke demeaned in Section IV, Chapter 8? Why, according to Luke is this done?
6. Name and describe two residents of DuPray that Tim befriends in Section I, Chapter 11.
7. Describe the town of DuPray as Tim first encounters it in Section I, Chapter 4.
8. What information does the reader learn from the conversation between Sigsby and Stackhouse in Section II, Chapter 8?
9. What two jobs does Tim take in DuPray in Section I, Chapter 10? Why?
10. Which individual does Luke meet in Section IV, Chapter 23? What does this person say to him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
At the beginning of the novel, the narrator states, “Great events turn on small hinges” (9). Explain how this idea is essential to the novel as a whole.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the importance of the lisping man to the novel. Explain his ideas as presented in the final section of the novel. How do they impact the novel’s characters and themes?
Essay Topic 3
Does the end justify the means? How does the novel answer this question? How would Mrs. Sigsby answer this question? How would Tim Jamieson?
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