View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Moira want to do in Chapter Five that Bug persuades her not to do?

2. When did Bug's mother start her own business?

3. In Chapter Four, what does Bug think about her face with makeup?

4. What did Uncle Roderick always understand about Bug, as she describes it in Chapter Five?

5. How old was Roderick when he died?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who in Bug's life loved makeup?

2. In Chapter Six, what surprises Bug when she visits Moira's house?

3. In Chapter Two, what were Uncle Roderick's wishes for after his death?

4. In Chapter Three, what scares Bug in her bedroom in the middle of the night?

5. In Chapter Six, how does Bug describe her and Moira's friendship?

6. In Chapter Three, what place besides Vermont did Uncle Roderick love?

7. In Chapter One, what does Bug feel the moment Uncle Roderick dies?

8. In Chapter Four, what is the relationship between Ellen, Mo's mother, and Sabrina, Bug's mother?

9. In Chapter Two, how does Lukoff let the reader know what happened to Bug's father?

10. In Chapter Three, why did Roderick first come to live with Bug and her mother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Lukoff reveal about Bug's character through Bug's descriptions of, and reactions to, Bug's nightmares? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think Lukoff chooses never to reveal Bug's given name to the reader? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What do mirrors represent for Bug, and when and how does Lukoff reveal the reasons Bug always seems not to recognize Bug's own face in them? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 636 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample