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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 does Hamish hit with a brick to save Mungo?

2. What does Mo-Maw ask Mungo to do that he knows he is too old for but that he does anyway in Chapter 5?

3. Where does James's father work?

4. Who is Mungo's brother?

5. What does Jodie wish Mungo would do sometimes?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jodie treat Mo-Maw when she comes back in Part II?

2. How does Annie Campbell treat Mungo and Jodie?

3. Why does Mo-Maw come back in Part II?

4. What does Mungo tell Mo-Maw when he calls her?

5. What responsibilities does Hamish have?

6. What is James's relationship with his father like?

7. How does Mungo treat Mo-Maw when she comes back in Part II?

8. What did Hamish's teachers tell him when he said he wanted to go to university?

9. How do people in town generally feel about Jodie?

10. Who mainly takes care of Mungo, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Stuart establish and maintain suspense throughout the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does everyone in Mungo's family react to the news that he has been having a sexual relationship with another boy, and what do these reactions tell the reader about the cultural attitudes towards homosexuality? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Why is Mungo so reluctant to ever drink, and how does he handle Mo-Maw's alcoholism? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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