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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 tell Abelard she is absolutely the worst at?

2. In Chapter 18, what is eye-catching about Mrs. Mitchell's outfit when she answers the door to Lily?

3. In Chapter 20, what is Lily dismayed to see has arrived in the mail?

4. What does Lily's father tell her farm work reminded him of?

5. In Chapter 19, Lily says Abelard's house is like a cross between a library and which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is one big factor that makes Lily want to try the surgery with Dr. Brainguy?

2. In Chapter 28, what does Dr. Brainguy tell Lily about Abelard and her situation with him?

3. In Chapter 26, what does the vice principal say has happened with Lily's 504?

4. In Chapter 18, what does Abelard tell Lily about her idea that her brain is broken?

5. In Chapter 20, why is Lily so particularly upset that she has failed geography?

6. In Chapter 26, what does Lily's and her mother's meeting with Vice Principal Krenwelge make Lily realize about her mother?

7. In Chapter 19, why does Abelard tell Lily he is wearing sunglasses?

8. In Chapter 28, what does Abelard text Lily that breaks her heart?

9. In Chapter 28, what does Lily tell Abelard to make sure he goes to the Isaac Institute?

10. In Chapter 18, what significant words do Abelard and Lily speak to each other?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Lily feel about the medication she has been prescribed to help with her Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and how does the reader know about her feelings? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to help support your arguments.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

How does Lily's father's visit to Texas change Lily's relationship with, and understanding of her sister Iris? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your opinions.

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