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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 Chapter Six, what does Bug worry Moira will want to do when she invites Bug over?

2. What does Bug have to pick out of Moira's foot in Chapter Five?

3. How does Bug often get around her area on her own?

4. In Chapter two, what does Bug's mother say everyone deserves the chance to do?

5. How long ago was Moira's house built?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter Five, how does Bug describe her feelings about living in a rural area?

2. In Chapter Eight, what did Bug and Roderick used to do sometimes regarding the ghosts in the house?

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

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

5. In the Prologue, how does Bug know her house is haunted?

6. What surprises Bug about her own reaction in Chapter One to Uncle Roderick's death?

7. In Chapter Eight, what books did Bug used to like to read regarding old houses and why?

8. Why does Mo ask everyone to start calling her Moira?

9. Why is Bug unable to go to camp like usual this summer?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Lukoff use the plot event of Bug meeting Moira's new friends to explain the complicated history of their friendship to the reader? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Bug feel when Sabrina says they might have to move, since Sabrina's business is faltering? What does Lukoff use this plot point to reveal about the importance of this setting to Bug? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does Lukoff describe Bug's feelings about bodily contact in Part I, and what does he reveal about Bug's character through these descriptions? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text ot help support your conclusions.

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