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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 is Dreenie?
2. What does Dreenie tell Tuli to do?
3. What does Dreenie think Tuli is hiding?
4. In what grade is Dreenie?
5. What does Dreenie's mother think is a poor reason for excluding Bluish as a friend?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Dreenie notice about Bluish's attendance in school?
2. What gets Bluish upset in class according to Dreenie's journal, and how does Bluish respond? Who has to take care of her response?
3. Why does Dreenie want Tuli to stay for dinner?
4. With whom is Dreenie spending time in Chapter 3 and why is Dreenie uncomfortable?
5. What does Dreenie think she is and how does she feel about her sister's status with others? Where do they go to school?
6. What kind of action does Bluish take to teach the other children about her?
7. What does Dreenie's mother figure out about Bluish from Dreenie's description?
8. Why is Dreenie fearful of Bluish?
9. What does Dreenie say is the reason she is writing a journal and what does she admire about Bluish?
10. How does Dreenie feel about her sister and for what is her sister known?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Tuli is a mirror of Dreenie and Bluish in that she is also acting out due to feelings of low self-worth or inadequacy. In this case, Tuli's fake accent and outrageous attitude is her way of trying to belong.
1. What do you think is meant by the statement that Tuli is a mirror? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.
2. Why do you think feelings of low self-worth or inadequacy causes Tuli to act out? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.
3. Why is it important to children to feel like they belong in the group of other students? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
The Christmas tree itself is an amalgamation of all the major holidays, with Christmas ornaments, a Jewish menorah, and a Kwanzaa candelabra. Multiculturalism and its associated virtues of tolerance and unity are clearly values the author wishes to celebrate.
1. Why do you think it is important to have many different cultures holidays acknowledged? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.
2. Why do you think tolerance of others is important in the world? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.
3. What do you think humans could accomplish if instead wars humans were united across the world? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Dreenie's accurate appraisal of Tuli's need for attention and love demonstrates that Dreenie is quite wise. The reader begins to see that Dreenie's fears about low intelligence are unfounded, given her acumen about Tuli.
1. In what ways do you think Dreenie seems to be wise? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.
2. In what ways do you think Dreenie demonstrates her intelligence? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.
3. Discuss what you think is the difference between intelligence and wisdom. Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.
This section contains 933 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) |
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