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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 1, who does Stephen say found a dead boy a year ago at a private school?

2. How many stories tall is the mall that Kilda's and Colm's students go to?

3. How long in Chapter 1 has Holly been a boarder at St. Kilda's?

4. What month was it in Chapter 6?

5. At the end of Chapter 12, how many dots did Becca have inked on her skin after she added one more?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 8, why was Julia frustrated with boys?

2. In Chapter 1, why does Holly comes to see Stephen?

3. In Chapter 10, how did Julia, Holly, Selena, and Becca get a key to the school?

4. What does Conway tell Orla in Chapter 13 and why?

5. How did Conway get food for her and Stephen in Chapter 11?

6. How did Holly settle in in Chapter 2?

7. How did St. Kilda's survive the murder of Chris Harper according to Miss Eileen McKenna, the headmistress?

8. In Chapter 6, what was the kid like who came up to Becca and what did he want?

9. In the Prologue, what was Holly wondering about, but kept forgetting to ask her friends about?

10. What was the Court and why did Becca hate it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What points of view are used in the book? How does using two different points of view allow the reader to share information about characters and events? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters?

Essay Topic 2

Becca wears jeans to the Valentine’s dance. Why does Becca wear jeans to the Valentine’s dance? Does she care what the other girls think of her choice? What does her decision to wear the jeans reveal about being your own person?

Essay Topic 3

Foreshadowing is a method authors use to hint at events to come in a novel. How does the author use foreshadowing in the book? Does the use of foreshadowing create suspense?

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