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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 has Miranda been asked to do in one of the mystery notes?

2. What is Annemarie's father's profession?

3. How does Miranda feel about her apartment?

4. What does Miranda ask the big boy who comes up behind her on the street?

5. Where does Miranda find the item in #82?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Miranda and Richard do with Miranda's mother each evening?

2. What are the circumstances in which Miranda becomes friends with Annemarie?

3. Who is Marcus and what is his opinion on the book that Miranda always carries with her?

4. What does Miranda do when she encounters someone who frightens her?

5. What is one of the things Miranda's mother would like to do with the money if she should win at the game show?

6. What does Miranda compare the game show postcard to in Chapter 1?

7. What does Miranda's mother think is the only good thing about living in their apartment building?

8. Who is the main character of WHEN YOU REACH ME?

9. What is the ceramic bank and what does it contain?

10. Why is Miranda startled upon returning home from school one day?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Miranda spends some alone time throughout the novel to contemplate her life. What does she think about? What conclusions does she arrive at? Explain why she is in a contemplative mood at this point in time.

Essay Topic 2

Create a character study of Richard. What are his physical characteristics? What are his motivations? What are his fears? What are his dreams? What else can you say about Richard?

Essay Topic 3

Create a character study of Marcus. What are his physical characteristics? What are his motivations? What are his fears? What are his dreams? What else can you say about Marcus?

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