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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 are Evan and Scott doing in the basement in Chapter 2?

2. What is swarming above the fruit bowl at Evan's house?

3. What happens when Evan and Scott try to sell the new drink, after their lemonade runs out?

4. What does Evan do when he hears his sister call for him in the basement in Chapter 1?

5. In Chapter 1, Evan states that there are how many days of summer left?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jessie try so hard to help Evan with the lemonade stand at the start of the novel?

2. How does Jessie get Megan to join her lemonade stand?

3. Why do Evan and Jessie make a vow after their dad left to never argue in front of their mom?

4. How and why does Evan express his anger toward his sister, Jessie, on Pages 3-10? Give specific examples.

5. In Chapter 3, how does Scott behave while setting up the lemonade stand?

6. How does Evan know that Jessie is not going to enter the Labor Day Contest?

7. Through Evan's perspective, how does Jessie react when he finds her lemonade stand in Chapter 3?

8. Why does Evan call Jessie a baby, when they are usually such good friends?

9. At the start of the novel, Evan is throwing a baseball up and down, and he thinks, "The thought that if he missed he'd probably break his nose made the game just interesting enough" (1). Why might he feel this way?

10. Why is Evan unhappy with the news that Jessie will be in his class?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Jessie sees that Evan is at home and not selling lemonade, she gets very worried that he has already met the goal. She decides that she has to broaden her business. Using Pages 111 - 115 explain how Jessie is able to increase her profits. How does Jessie feel about the work it will take to make these changes? What does this say about Jessie's character?

Essay Topic 2

Jessie finds signs from Evan's lemonade stand that say he is selling a cup of lemonade for ten cents. She cannot believe this low price and assumes that Evan has not made any money if he is selling it for so cheap. How is Evan still able to make a profit at this price? Use two pieces of textual evidence from Pages 84 - 86 for your explanation.

Essay Topic 3

On Pages 125 - 127, Evan asks if Jessie wants to call off the lemonade war, but she hesitates and does not finish her answer, so Evan assumes she does not want to. Evan has more than one reason as to why he does not want to continue with the war. What are the reasons Evan does not like the lemonade war? What are some of Evan's worries that go beyond winning the war?

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