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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 do when she is the first one to class at the opening of chapter 4?

2. What is the cure rate for Bluish's disease?

3. Of what is Dreenie's teacher proud?

4. What does Bluish say about her nickname to Rita?

5. What do Tuli, Bluish and Dreenie do concerning Willie?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do Tuli and Dreenie go with Bluish in Chapter 4 and how do Tuli and Dreenie act?

2. What does Dreenie say is the way she sees Bluish as feeling physically?

3. What does Bluish write on a sign she hangs around her neck and how does Dreenie help her with it?

4. Who decorated the Christmas tree in the classroom, what does Dreenie think of it and what has been added to the tree besides Christmas decorations?

5. How is Dreenie beginning to feel at school and with whom does she have a positive connection?

6. What type of exhibit do the kids enter at the Natural History Museum and why does Bluish stand?

7. What are Tuli, Dreenie and Bluish doing at Bluish's house?

8. With whom is Dreenie going to work on her project?

9. When does Dreenie arrive at school in Chapter 4 and what does she do when she gets there?

10. What kind of toy does Bluish present to the class and what does Mrs. Baker say about it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Bluish is initially disappointed when hearing that she was the subject of the class that day. In keeping with her previous characterization, Bluish simply wants to be treated like everyone else, and not as a freak or sideshow. However, she understands that it was important for the children's anxieties to be addressed. In this case, knowledge is power.

1. Why do you think it would bother Bluish to be the subject of a class discussion? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

2. Do you think wanting to be treated like everyone else is realistic considering Bluish's limitations? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

3. What do you think is meant by the statement that knowledge is power? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

The journal is an intimate, informal record that the young reader may strongly relate to, considering the young reader might also write in this manner, and might also feel many of the same things Dreenie does around those who are different.

1. Do you relate to Dreenie's journal? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

2. Do you think that the feelings Dreenie writes in her journal are ones that other children her age might feel? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

3. If you decided to keep a journal what would be your major focus as far as subject matter? Why? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Tuli functions in the book as comic relief, with her amusing antics relieving the tension of the main story and the gravity of Bluish's serious condition. Comic moments with Tuli are accomplished with her outlandish, silly sayings and also her clumsy mannerisms, as when she intentionally slips on the sidewalk ice to get attention.

1. What do you think is the importance of comic relief in a book which centers on a serious illness of a young person? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

2. Explain why you think other children would think Tuli is funny. Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

3. Discuss a person you know in school who uses humor to get attention. Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

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