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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. Who is required to put together Opal's model of the city?

2. Who helps Mclean when she is injured at school?

3. Why is Mclean unsettled when she sees her mother at the game?

4. What is Mclean's father's job?

5. Who is Lindsay?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mclean reveal about her mother's background and her parents' relationship later on?

2. What does David tell Mclean about his parents and why they are upset with him?

3. What perspective does David give to Mclean when she is upset with her mother and having to go to the basketball game?

4. What changes does Mclean see in her mother when she spots her at the big game?

5. What is Mclean's relationship with her parents? What does Mclean blame for her parents' divorce?

6. What point of view is the book written in and what does that reveal about Mclean, the main character?

7. What happened that made Mclean feel as if she no longer fit into her mother's world?

8. Why is Mclean's mother upset when she phones Mclean at the beginning of Chapter 5?

9. How is Mclean's resistance to playing basketball again and getting to know David symbolic of Mclean's inner turmoil about her life in general?

10. What does Mclean think about when she watches the stars from a party next door one night?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Deb. What is her role in the story? What was the author trying to accomplish by developing Opal's character in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Explain Mclean's method of creating a new persona each time she enters a new school. Why does Mclean feel the need to reinvent herself with each move? What is the underlying psychological reason that Mclean creates her different identities?

Essay Topic 3

Create a brief character study of Mclean's mother. What did she look like? What were her positive personality traits? What were her dreams and fears? What was most valuable to her in her world?

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