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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 Holling get to the Port Authority to pick up his sister?

2. What color poncho does Mrs. Sidman have on the camping trip?

3. When did Mrs. Baker win an Olympic medal?

4. Who is the last person on the path as Holling and his classmates hike to their camping spot?

5. What color sneakers does Mrs. Baker wear when she and Holling go out to the track in March?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Holling describe Mrs. Baker's cold in March?

2. What does Holling's father's concept of the new junior high look like?

3. During the spring break in April, who is Holling's sister's friend and what do they do together?

4. At the beginning of March, what is happening at the Marine base at Khesanh base in Vietnam?

5. In May, how are the eighth graders on the cross-country team treating Holling?

6. How did Lieutenant Baker survive when his helicopter was shot down?

7. How does Mrs. Sidman react when the rats fall into her lap when she and other board members are visiting Mrs. Baker's classroom?

8. What does Mrs. Baker do when an atomic bomb drill comes during a Wednesday afternoon when all the other children are gone except Holling?

9. How does Holling describe falling out of love?

10. Why does Mrs. Baker say that the school has everyone practice for an atomic bomb drop?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the novel, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the story line? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

Essay Topic 2

Mrs. Baker takes Holling on an architectural tour of his town. What does Holling discover about his town and about himself from the tour?

Essay Topic 3

Both Holling and Mai Thi experience discrimination in the novel. In what ways do Holling and Mai Thi experience discrimination? What does Holling learn through the discrimination he observes Mai Thi experience and the discrimination that he experiences? What do the experiences help him to understand about the world?

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