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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 Lily do with Abelard in the principal's office in Chapter 1?

2. In Chapter 10, what game does Abelard ask Lily to play with him?

3. What are Abelard's chess pieces made out of?

4. Where do Lily and her mother go for dinner in Chapter 2?

5. What museum does Rosalind ask Lily to come to her with in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what does Coach Neuwirth do when he finds Lily with the portrait of Abelard?

2. Why is Lily confused about failing geography in Chapter 10?

3. In Chapter 12, what does Lily learn about her father from Dr. Mitchell?

4. In Chapter 12, how does Lily feel about the challenges of having a physical relationship with Abelard?

5. What was Abelard doing on the other side of the wall from Lily in Chapter 1?

6. In Chapter 11, what does Rosalind remember about her and Lily's first meeting when they were very young?

7. In Chapter 8, why does Rosalind become interested in Richard?

8. What does Lily remember about the day she and Abelard broke the wall in Chapter 1?

9. In Chapter 10, what bad news does Lily's mother report to her about school?

10. In Chapter 12, what is Lily very nervous about at Abelard's house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lily struggles with ADHD to the point where she sometimes cannot really remember how she got to a given place, and sometimes when people speak to her, she hears their words as gibberish. What kinds of devices does Creedle use in her narration to communicate Lily's experiences living with ADHD to the reader? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

What are the connections, for Lily, between reading, her process of learning to read, her love of reading, and her father? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What do you think Lily finds is the hardest part of living with ADHD? Write an essay explaining your answer.

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