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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 close is the closest village to Bug's house?

2. Who is Bug's closest friend's mother?

3. What are Moira and the others looking at when Bug gets to Moira's house in Chapter Six?

4. What did Roderick want to happen to his body after death?

5. What piece of gossip do the girls at Moira's talk about at the end of Chapter Six?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter Two, how does Bug often feel when she looks in a mirror?

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

4. Who in Bug's life loved makeup?

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

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

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

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

9. In Chapter Three, why does Sabrina tell Bug they are struggling a little financially?

10. In Chapter Five, what startles Moira terribly?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Lukoff present as the turning point in Bug's realization that he is a boy? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Lukoff describe the changes between Bug and Moira in Part I, including the reasons behind them? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does Lukoff let the reader know, through Bug's own narration, how awkward and isolated Bug has felt at times in relation to peers? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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