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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 did Maxima and Excel split, but not eat, on the evening of Joker's funeral?

2. What was the name of the girl who had trouble being the sloth at The Pie in Chapter 15?

3. How old was Excel when his mother made him slash someone's tires?

4. Where was Sab's mother born?

5. How much did items cost at the B and Q in Hello City?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in Chapter 9 when Excel goes to Target?

2. What does a woman give Excel on the bus?

3. How does Maxima get money from Henry?

4. Where did Sab and Excel go in Chapter 3 and why?

5. What is the Oracle in Hello City?

6. In Chapter 6, how does Excel spend his 10th birthday?

7. What happens when Gunter gets ready to hit Excel in Chapter 6?

8. In Chapter 14, what happens after the showing of Maxima's film at the community college?

9. What problems does Henry have when he talks to Maxima?

10. What does Z tell Excel about his family in Chapter 12?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Maxima and Excel discuss sins when they are at a restaurant with Roxy. Why does Maxima say that the time Excel threw a spelling bee was a sin? What does Excel say are really sins? Why does the conversation become so heated? What does it reveal about things that are wrong?

Essay Topic 2

Maxima started talking to men about six months after Joker died. What does Excel think of his mother’s work? Why does he not consider it working? Does he think she is a scam artist?

Essay Topic 3

Excel and Sab meet at Joker’s grave. How do Excel and Sab meet? What do they have in common? Why do they decide to go away together? What things stress their relationship? Why does their relationship end?

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