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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 the chapter titled Touch, which exhibit at the aquarium does Suzy sneak off to see herself?

2. How do Suzy's parents describe the way she talks?

3. Where is the long-distance swimmer who is the jellyfish expert trying to swim from and to?

4. What does Mrs. Turton tell the class a hypothesis is?

5. What kind of professional does Suzy decide she needs to try to find at the end of the chapter titled Dr. Legs?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mrs. Turton tell Suzy about her science report that Mrs. Turton seems to think might be challenging for Suzy?

2. Why is Suzy upset to have to be lab partners with Justin Maloney?

3. What does Suzy's mother tell her about Franny's death that Suzy finds it difficult to accept?

4. What is the event that Suzy begins referring to as "The Worst Thing"?

5. In the chapter titled Invisible, what theory does Suzy begin to form about what might have really happened to Franny?

6. How does Suzy's father react to her initial refusals to engage in conversation with him over their weekly dinner?

7. In the chapter titled How to Not Say Something Important, what does Suzy want to tell Franny but can never find the words for?

8. What kind of a relationship does Suzy have with her brother Aaron?

9. In the chapter titled Dumb Old Words, what does Suzy describe as one of the first times she realized her father was perplexed by what she chose to speak with him about?

10. What change in Suzy's behavior do her parents and teachers notice in the first few chapters of the book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the chapter titled Dumb Old Words, Suzy tells her father she is thinking about the Great Pacific Garbage Vortex when her father attempts to make light small-talk with her during one of their weekly dinners. Suzy realizes by her father's reaction to her that he does not really know how to respond to her choice of conversational topic. Write an essay analyzing how this incident fits into Suzy's larger problem of feeling as if she always says the wrong thing, citing specific examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing some of the reasons Suzy stops talking in the beginning of seventh grade. What are some of the significant thoughts and feelings she has that explain her sudden silence?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay explaining the symbolism and meaning of the work of the long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad to Suzy. At the end of the book, when Nyad achieves her goal of swimming from Cuba to Florida, what does this accomplishment seem to signify to Suzy?

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