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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 Twelve, how does Bug describe the bad feeling in her stomach?

2. What does Moira give Bug in Chapter Eleven that Bug feels uncomfortable in?

3. What book does the new person Bug meets in Chapter Ten take out?

4. What did Roderick used to work on while watching television with Bug?

5. In Chapter Nine, what does Bug spend the whole day doing after she finds the object in her sock drawer?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter Twelve, what does Roderick tell Bug through the ouija board?

2. In Chapter Eight, what is Bug looking for in the attic?

3. In Chapter Nine, what does Sabrina suggest about the future that really upsets Bug?

4. In Chapter Eight, what does Moira remember seeing in Bug's hallway once?

5. In Chapter Eight, what is in Bug's sock drawer that terrifies her?

6. What does Moira like to do in the summer that Bug does not really like?

7. In Chapter Twelve, why does Bug go to Griffin's house?

8. In Chapter Twelve, how does Bug feel when she speaks to Griffin at his house?

9. In Chapter Fourteen, what Halloween does Bug particularly remember?

10. What seems to happen to Roderick after he communicates with Bug through the ouija board for a while?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Bug's friends, mother, and school administrators are universally accepting of his gender transition. Do you think Lukoff's representation at the end of the novel of Bug's experiences as a 12-year-old boy who has just come out as transgender is realistic? Why or why not? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

What does Bug learn from looking through Uncle Roderick's boxes where he kept all of his literature about LGBTQ support materials? 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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