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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 does Melvin Pickle say when Joyce asks why he got a job?

2. What does Caroline pull out from behind the counter when Stephanie introduces herself?

3. What does Lula buy Stephanie while they are in the adult shop?

4. What does Joyce tell Pickle adds color to his face?

5. Why does Connie tell Joyce that they didn't call her in when they needed to hire someone?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what happens in chapter five when Stephanie and Lula arrested James.

2. What happens in Chapter 2 when Stephanie meets Carmen for the first time?

3. Describe the scene in chapter six when Stephanie is thinking about Morelli and the reason she hasn't committed to him.

4. What happens when Stephanie and Lula go to pick up Mary Lee?

5. What problem does Melvin have in the beginning of Chapter 10?

6. What does Stephanie find when she goes to Ranger's office?

7. What does Stephanie find in Chapter 6 when she walks out to check on Carmen's car?

8. What happens when Lula and Stephanie start going to Skip's houses in Chapter 1?

9. What is found in Edward Scrog's scrapbook?

10. What does Ranger say they found on the computer from Virginia in Chapter 12?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pick two of the parts below to write a half page about.

What role does the band, What, play-

Part 1) for Lula?

Part 2) for Sally?

Part 3) for Grandma?

Part 4) for Stephanie?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the difference in the way Melvin Pickle is looked at from the beginning of the story compared to the end? Is it that he actually changed or that he was just seen in a different way by the characters in the book? Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 3

How important is it for a book to seem realistic?

Part 1) In what ways was the story realistic? In what ways was it not?

Part 2) What could the author have done differently to make it seem more realistic?

(see the answer keys)

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