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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 showed Paula and Dreenie around Broadway?

2. How is Dreenie feeling towards Natalie?

3. What is the next field trip the class is going to take?

4. What does Max say about butterflies?

5. What does Natalie find disconcerting about what Dreenie says of class that day?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Dreena write about her time at Bluish's house with Tuli and Willie?

5. What does Mrs. Baker tell the students about why they are lucky and what does she say about the way the students are with Bluish?

6. What does Rita say to the girls about Bluish's nickname?

7. What does Bluish's mother bring the girls, and how does Dreenie describe Bluish's parents?

8. Where does Dreenie invite Bluish and what does Bluish say about the invitation?

9. What does Dreenie tell Mrs. Baker she wants to know after Bluish leaves for an appointment and why do she and the other students want this information

10. What does Dreenie's project group decide upon as their topic and who writes up their agreement and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Bluish takes time to make a paper sign she hangs around her neck. It reads, "I was born human. I'm named Natalie. But you can call me Bluish".

1. Explain why you think Bluish wrote that sign. Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

2. Why do you think Bluish said the students could call her Bluish instead of Natalie? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

3. How do you think a person could take an insult or a name they are called and use it to change others' opinions of them? 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

Bluish and Dreenie share an emotional moment with the Blue Morpho butterfly, continues the notion that beauty can come from ugliness. Just like the lowly caterpillar can undergo a dramatic transformation into a beautiful butterfly, Bluish can emerge from this dark point in her life to "take flight" like the butterfly and emerge stronger and more beautiful than she was prior to the cancer.

1. Discuss how Bluish's situation from the beginning of the book to the end could be compared to the transformation of a caterpillar to a butterfly. Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

2. Do you think that everyone can emerge from a dark situation in his or her life and emerge stronger? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

3. Unfortunately, there are some children who are abused in this world. Some of those children grow up to be kind and loving adults while some become bitter and even violent. Why do you think this is true? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

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