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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 Ms. Petosa do before she taught school?

2. How long was the drive to Grans house?

3. Whose Halloween party does Summer attend?

4. What type of costume did Summer make for the Halloween Parade?

5. Who called August toward the end of Part II to say she'd always love August like a big sister?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Via go home after the first day of school with Miranda and her mother?

2. Who was Summer's father?

3. How does Via describe August's face?

4. Why does Jack hate science the most?

5. Why is the rest of September difficult for August?

6. Where is Julian going for Christmas?

7. What doesn't Summer love about this school year?

8. What is the game that has been going on since the beginning of the year?

9. Why does Jack get suspended from school?

10. How does Via describe her family?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The idiom "like a lamb to the slaughter" describes what August and his father believe his experiences will be at middle school. In what way is and isn't August like a lamb about to be slaughtered when he goes to school?

Essay Topic 2

Julian starts a war against Jack. What type of relationship have the two had?

Essay Topic 3

August protests being made to get hearing aids. Why does August decide to accept the hearing aids?

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