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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. Which of the following do Slash and his compatriots purpose to burglarize?

2. To which of the following does Charlie compare her mother?

3. With which of the following does the forty-third chapter of the novel begin?

4. Which of the following schools does Kayla consider attending?

5. Whom of the following downloads useful apps onto Charlie’s phone for her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What constant in school nursing does Charlie note?

2. How does Gabriella shame Austin at the pizza excursion?

3. How does Charlie describe her social standing at her old school?

4. What reasons are given for setting off fireworks in the parked car on New Year’s Eve?

5. Why do February’s mother and Mel’s father express appreciation for stuffing?

6. To what does Charlie compare her mother unboxing her new cochlear implant equipment (202)?

7. Why does Kayla work to go viral online?

8. Why does Charlie note to Austin that she turns off her cochlear implant at the club where Slash’s band plays?

9. What does Austin offer Charlie that she had not previously found attractive?

10. What habit are Charlie and her mother shocked to realize they share?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The novel points out a number of inversions from mainstream practice. Identify and explicate one such inversion, noting what the common practice is, what the inversion is, and what effect the inversion has for the reader.

Essay Topic 2

How does the novel define what a culture is?

Essay Topic 3

To what genre other than young adult literature might True Biz be considered to belong? What in the text supports that identification? How does it do so?

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