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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. Where will Margaret's dad commute for work?

2. What nickname do students have for Freddy Barnett?

3. What does the secret club choose as its name?

4. Gretchen confesses that she wrote on her assignment that male teachers are _____.

5. What does Nancy tell Margaret to wear on the first day of school?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the girls gossip about Laura Danker?

2. Why doesn't Margaret feel she can suggest a name for the new club?

3. What strange thing does Margaret discover the day she stays home from school?

4. Why does Herb Simon decide to hire Moose Freed?

5. Why does Gretchen answer on her assignment that male teachers are strict?

6. How do Margaret's parents react when they find out Grandma Sylvia is visiting?

7. Why isn't Margaret afraid to answer the door?

8. Why does Margaret think the tall girl must be new to Delano Elementary School?

9. Why do none of the boys at the Thanksgiving square dance want to dance with Laura Danker?

10. Why does Margaret feel uncomfortable in Nancy's room?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When is Margaret most effective at communicating her thoughts and feelings? When is she least effective? Give examples of how Margaret communicates. What does her communication reveal about her values?

Essay Topic 2

How do the parents influence their children in the novel? How do their actions help or hurt their children as they go through adolescence?

Essay Topic 3

Why might Barbara Simon not fit in with the other women on Mockingbird Lane? What might her life have been like in New York? How is her new life different?

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