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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. How does Lolly feel about making art?

2. What job offer do Lolly and Rose get?

3. Who does Lolly invite to a trip to Midtown?

4. How does Lolly feel after someone starts working with him in the storage room?

5. What house do Lolly and Rose find over spring break?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who visits Yvonne at work in Chapter 25?

2. Who jumps Lolly in the street?

3. Who gets interviewed by a local news station?

4. What animal do Sunny and April abandon in the neighborhood?

5. How did Rose's mother die?

6. What do Lolly and Rose want to do for a living?

7. Who robs Vega?

8. Why does Lolly have to take down his Lego city in the storage room?

9. What does Lolly make to go along with his buildings?

10. Where does Mr. Ali move Harmonee before Lolly and Rose have to take it down?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring Lolly's relationship with Vega. How and why does this relationship change throughout the novel? What keeps them apart and what brings them back together? Use examples from the text as support.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring the after-school program that Lolly attends. Why does Lolly attend this program, and how does it affect him? Does it have an overall positive or negative impact on Lolly? Use examples from the text as support.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring the role of grief in the novel. Who in the book experiences grief, and why? What events trigger their grief, and how do they manage it? Use examples from the text as support.

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