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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 instrument does June's mother, Angela, play?

2. What type of facial hair did Marty have?

3. What covers a hollow log in "Majestica"?

4. in "Bristle Brush," what does Angela put in June's bathwater?

5. How many houses down is June's house from Nana Jean's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does June see and hear when Ziggy is not at the tree in "Mother and Child"?

2. In "Mother and Child," what does June say that she and Ziggy do?

3. When is the only time that June Bug's mother looks tethered to the earth, and how does she seem during that time?

4. What is the ninth dimension, and why can Ziggy and June go there?

5. In "Secrets," where does June tell her mother she has been, and what does Angela reply?

6. What type of bath does June have to take in "Bristle Brush" when she gets home, and how does she feel afterwards?

7. What does Ziggy do at the beginning of "Summer Storm"?

8. How do Ziggy and June cover the abandoned cellar in "Majestica," and what does it look like?

9. What does Toby tell June he is thinking of doing in "Swallow the Moon"?

10. What does June remember about her father?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

June and Ziggy become friends. What do June and Ziggy have in common? How do they become friends? What is revealed about friendship through their relationship?

Essay Topic 2

Angela does not take good care of June. What is June’s relationship with her mother? Is Angela abusive, neglectful, sick, or a combination of the three?

Essay Topic 3

The Crowley boys make fun of June and Ziggy and attack Ziggy. Why do the Crowley boys laugh at June and Ziggy? How do they try to hurt Ziggy? How does June deal with them? Is the way she deals with them an effective way to deal with bullies?

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