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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 does Jenny wear her hair?

2. What does the red dragon pray for in "Wings"?

3. In "Resurrection," what hospital is Angela taken to?

4. What does Nana Jean do after lunch in "A Choir of Crows"?

5. What does June feel like she is walking when her mother refuses to allow Uncle Toby upstairs in "Masks"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jenny decide to do in "Something New"?

2. What does Jenny make for June when to go to Nana Jean's after burying Angela's clothes?

3. In "Kitchen Songs," how does June feel as she walks down Trowbridge Road?

4. In "Sunrise," how Nana Jean help June clean up?

5. What is make-believe?

6. What happens when June stays up late to show her father the first time she loses a tooth?

7. In "A Choir of Crows," what does June see when she and Ziggy walk to Majestica?

8. What does June do with her mother's dirty clothes, and who helps her?

9. In "What the Cat Dragged In," what does June do after Uncle Toby leaves?

10. What does June imagine about living in a new place, and how does it make her feel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How does the author use idioms in the book? Why are the idioms sometimes difficult to understand? Why do the idioms often require research to understand their meaning?

Essay Topic 2

A spoiler in literature is an element in a written work that reveals plot elements or content. What are some titles of chapters? How do those titles indicate what will happen in a chapter? Are the chapter titles spoilers?

Essay Topic 3

Ziggy goes to live with his grandmother. Why does Ziggy go to live with his grandmother? Why does his mother not take care of him?

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