View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many rounds of the "we must" exercise do the girls do?

2. When does Margaret's family move to New Jersey?

3. Who does Margaret mistake as her teacher?

4. What does grandmother ask Margaret that bothers her?

5. Why do Margaret and her friends stop using their secret names at club meetings?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Margaret keep Philip Leroy as her #1 in the Boy Book?

2. Describe Nancy's relationship with her brother.

3. Why does Margaret tell Janie she is buying winter pajamas?

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

5. Why does Margaret really want to get outside after the service in Chapter 9?

6. Why did Mr. Benedict rearrange the desks in a U-shape?

7. Why does Margaret think her grandmother won't visit her in New Jersey?

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

9. Why do the girls gossip about Laura Danker?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the male point of view in the novel? How does the author include the male experience?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

If Margaret's parents did not teach her about religion, where did her image of God come from? How does she know about God? Why does she communicate with God?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 572 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample