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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 is Ted studying to be?

2. In Chapter 3, in the report from the New York Police Department, when was Officer hernandez dispatched to 330 E. 18th Street?

3. What time does Mary plan to meet Ted in Chapter 7?

4. In Chapter 2, what time does Joi get back to the group home?

5. What does Mary remember a girl attacked her roommate with in baby jail in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Connie George, chief nurse office of the neonatal intensive care unit at Kings County Hospital say about Dawn Cooper?

2. What does Ted tell Mary when she tells him that she is pregnant?

3. In Chapter 8, what does Cora Fisher say about Mary's case?

4. What is the schedule like at the group home?

5. How many hours of community service does Mary perform weekly, and what does she do?

6. What does Mary think of Cora Fisher?

7. Why is Mary not wearing a coat in Chapter 7?

8. In Chapter 3, where is Ted injured?

9. What is the only advice that Mary ever remembers her mother giving her, and how does Mary feel about that advice?

10. What does Ms. Claire offer Mary in Chapter 5?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Conflicts between characters are often caused by a problem. What are some conflicts that occur in the novel? Are the conflicts in the book mostly man vs. man, man vs. nature, or man vs. self? Are they internal or external conflicts?

Essay Topic 2

In the novel, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the story line? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

Essay Topic 3

Imagery is a literary device authors use to describe something using the five senses to help readers experience what a character is experiencing. How does the author use imagery to help readers imagine the world she has created?

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