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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. Which accessory is proclaimed as contrary to dress codes?
2. With which of the following does Chapter 43: "Blocks" begin?
3. With which of the following does Chapter 46: "Dog Pile" begin?
4. With which of the following does Chapter 42: "As If" begin?
5. What is served for dinner as Hana joins Regina to protest after the trial verdict?
Short Essay Questions
1. What reasons does Julia give for demurring from wearing a black armband when Shayla offers her one?
2. What does Shayla note wanting for Christmas (194)?
3. For what reason is Shayla made to apologize to Principal Trask?
4. How does Shayla’s track team commemorate its victory?
5. Why does Isabella rebuke Shayla for thinking she would engage with Jace?
6. Why, per Hana, do those in power quash protests?
7. Shayla notes that Ms. Jacobs had offered to skip any portions of the eyeball journal paper-clipped together. What passage, if any, does Shayla opt to clip?
8. Why does Shayla express disbelief at the trial verdict?
9. What consequences does Shayla anticipate facing for students wearing armbands?
10. What concern does Hana cite in making her choice of college to attend?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Sources attest to the presence of A Good Kind of Trouble on best-seller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? How does it do so?
Essay Topic 2
In the text, some characters receive full names—that is, given name and surname or family name—or have them heavily implied. Others do not. How does the naming align to the relative importance of the characters concerned, and what in the text indicates as much?
Essay Topic 3
In the acknowledgements, the author cites sensitivity readers, noting in regards to the former that “Any mistakes with cultural representation are mine and mine alone”; she also cites an informant on “middle school lingo,” Jazz, and remarks “but if I got any of that wrong, it is totally my fault” (360). What purpose is served by the author doing so, and how is it served?
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