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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. How old does August think the bullies were who attacked him at the nature reserve?

2. How much older than Justin is his older brother?

3. What do August and Jack do for a science project?

4. What does Olivia give Justin for Valentine's Day?

5. What play is mentioned in the introduction to Part V?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Isabel mean when she says that like sees like?

2. Why did Miranda feel she was entitled to lie and say that August was her brother?

3. Where are August's hearing aids found?

4. What do the Pullman's name the puppy and why?

5. Why does Justin think he'll be an overprotective dad one day?

6. What types of tricks do Julian and his cronies play on Jack in February?

7. What does Miranda miss most about Via's friendship?

8. What happened to August's astronaut helmet and why?

9. What changes and what doesn't after the trip to the nature reserve?

10. What happens when Jack goes into the store to buy gum?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Summer makes a choice to sit with August. Why does Summer sit with August at first, and how do her motives for being with him change?

Essay Topic 2

August compares himself to the North Pole. What happens that makes August compare himself to the North Pole?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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