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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 type of pie do the Wallace's have on page 93?

2. What does Evan say about Awago Beach?

3. What is the traffic like part of the way to Awago Beach?

4. What does Evan call Awago toilet paper?

5. How does Rose's father say that seeing her "official" birthplace makes him feel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Evan invite Rose to go down to the beach and look at the stars on page 103?

2. Why did Ron Tomlinson throw up when Rose was in second grade?

3. What do Evan and Alice disagree on when they first arrive at Awago Beach?

4. What do Windy and Rose do as the watch their first scary movie together?

5. When and why did Rose have a class on where babies come from?

6. Why does Duncan call Windy Hip Hop?

7. What game do the girls start to play on page 75, and how is it played?

8. How does Rose get to Windy's house and what does she do on the way?

9. When Rose and Windy first meet up and catch up, what have they each done so far this summer?

10. What did Rose think about milkweed the first time she saw it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pages 1-65 is mostly dialogue between different characters. How does the dialogue reveal information about the characters and how does it advance the story line?

Essay Topic 2

The novel shifts from the past to the present. What effect do things that happened in the past have to do with what is occurring as the novel unfolds, and are the characters able to move beyond events that have happened in the past?

Essay Topic 3

In the section of the novel on pages 66-130, there seems to be some tension between Windy and Rose. Why is there tension between the two girls and how does this affect their friendship?

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