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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 does Dreenie think Tuli is hiding?

2. What does Deenie think of offering Natalie?

3. Why are there decorations on the buildings where Dreenie and her sister are walking?

4. What does Tuli do when she spies Dreenie and Willie?

5. Who is Dreenie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dreenie do after Tuli is with her and Willie?

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. What does Dreenie say is the reason she is writing a journal and what does she admire about Bluish?

4. What makes Bluish different from other children, and who comes to school with her?

5. What does Dreenie wonder about Tuli and Tuli's behavior but what is her ultimate decision about being friends with Tuli?

6. How does Dreenie feel about her sister and for what is her sister known?

7. Why is Dreenie fearful of Bluish?

8. Who does Dreenie describe in her journal and what is her description of that person? What nickname do the children give her and why?

9. What are Dreenie's thoughts about Bluish's appearance, what does she want to do about Bluish's puppy and what does she think about the puppy coming to school?

10. What does Dreenie notice about Bluish's attendance in school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

By introducing a gamut of reactions among the students to Bluish - from fear to pity to confusion to anger - the author is indicating that all of these feelings are normal, and that no one should be ashamed to feel what they are feeling around someone who is different like Bluish.

1. What do you think someone might fear around a child like Bluish? Discuss the physical, mental and emotional types of fear. Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

2. Do you think pity is beneficial for someone like Bluish? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

3. What do you think is the difference between pity and compassion? How might one respond to a person differently if he or she felt compassion instead of pity? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Bluish's mom Rita confronts Dreenie and Tuli about what she perceives as Bluish's derogatory nickname. This episode foregrounds the importance of ethnic and cultural identity, with Rita defending her daughter against what, to her mind, is an attack on her heritage.

1. Do you think Bluish's mother was right to feel the way she did about Bluish's nickname from the children? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

2. Why do you think an awareness of one's ethnic and cultural identity is important? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

3. How does Bluish's mother's idea about her daughter's nickgame illustrate the statement don't assume? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

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