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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 Luke want to be when he grows up?
2. What is Lee's nickname for his babysitter?
3. In Chapter 2, Who appears in Maren's dream when she falls asleep in the abandoned Cadillac?
4. What is happening to Mrs. Harmon the second time Maren wakes up in Mrs. Harmon's house?
5. How does Maren's mom explain Maren's malnourished appearance?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where does Maren end up that night after leaving her grandparent's house?
2. What does Maren think of when she see Mrs. Harmon's spare room?
3. Why does Lee ask Maren to stay inside his aunt's house while he goes out to meet Kayla?
4. How does Maren first find out her father's name?
5. In Chapter 1, why does Maren think that she has an earache? Who does she think came to her in her dream?
6. What does Maren do when she finds her maternal grandparent's house? Does she talk to her mom?
7. In Chapter 1, what does Luke show Maren that makes her think, later, about things that are not meant to be eaten?
8. What happens to Mrs. Harmon when she lies down for a nap? Why is Sully waiting for this to happen?
9. Where do Lee and Maren go directly after taking the drunken cowboy's truck?
10. Why does Janelle tell Maren to "please be good" and not leave the coatroom at her company's Christmas party?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What does Sully represent for Maren? How does her view of him change over the course of the story? How does Maren's view of Sully inform Maren's view of herself?
Essay Topic 2
How does learning the truth about Frank affect Maren? How does it affect you as the reader? At the end of Chapter 10, Maren says that she came all the way back to Frank's hospital but realized that she had no intention of seeing him again. Why do you think Maren decides she does not need to see her father again? How does her choice signify a resolution in Maren? What do you think that resolution is for Maren?
Essay Topic 3
What role does truth play in Bones and All? What truth is Maren running away from? What truth helps her? What truth supports her? What truths does she decide she does not need to tell? How does telling the truth to Jason in Chapter 12 mark a shift for Maren?
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