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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 did Sean dream of in the hospital that made him cough?

2. What game do Sean and Orvil learn they both used to play?

3. What is Vee's racial heritage?

4. At the end of Chapter 24, how much time passes when Orvil plays the guitar when he is high?

5. After Orvil is shot, when does he go back to school?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jacquie take photos and use them?

2. How does Orvil start spending his days after a time of staying home because of his bullet wound?

3. How does Opal think Orvil needs to respond to the shooting, and how does she try to help him?

4. How did Orvil get shot?

5. How does Lony think his cutting is different from the cutting kids at school do?

6. Who recognizes Opal when she starts going to the Friendship Center, and what does the woman have for Opal?

7. What do Sean, Mike, and Orvil start selling for Tom?

8. In Chapter 13, what does Orvil look up on the internet and why?

9. In Chapter 21, why do Loother and Lony have to go to an AA meeting with Jacquie?

10. How does Lony justify cutting himself?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sean is raised in a white family. He often feels like he does not belong in the family or in the family's white world. why does Sean feel he does not belong in his family and their world? How does Sean feel when he learns he is part Native American? What does he feel about his racial heritage?

Essay Topic 2

Metaphors and similes are figures of speech that are used to make comparisons between things. Metaphors seem to imply an equal comparison, while similes seem to imply a similarity between two things. Does Orange use more metaphors or similes in Wandering Stars? How does the use of metaphors or similes help readers comprehend concepts? How does the use of metaphors or similes help make the story more interesting?

Essay Topic 3

Setting is the place where a story happens. Where does Wandering Stars take place? How do characters feel about the various settings and why?

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