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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. When Vincent drives to the liquor store but does not buy any alcohol, how many cars does he watch come and go?

2. Where does Lena want Turtle to go after Everardo is beaten?

3. How many absences can Turtle have from the Skill Center where she is taking general-office-clerk classes before she will be asked to leave?

4. How old is Ever in 1986?

5. What is Turtle?

Short Essay Questions

1. In 1990, where is Everardo living?

2. Why does Vincent not pick up the boys after school one day?

3. Why does Lila have to get Ever in 1990?

4. Where does Ever get a job in 1995 and what does he do?

5. How do Quinton and Ever get per cap payments?

6. What does Turtle do in 1976 when she finds Everardo at a cousin's house half drunk?

7. Where does Turtle get the money for the down payment for a house?

8. In 1986, where is Ever's family living and where have they lived recently?

9. Why does Vincent quit drinking?

10. Why does Turtle asks her father if she and her family can stay with him for a month?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hayes Shade meets Ever when he visits Hayes’ store. Why does Hayes feel a connection to Ever, and how does that lead to his trying to help the boy?

Essay Topic 2

A character arc is the inner journey of a character in a book. What is Ever’s character arc, and what situations influence his growth and transformation?

Essay Topic 3

Accumulation is a literary device that allows an author to gather scattered ideas in a literary work and gradually build on information readers need to know. From whose perspective are various sections told? How does each section add information? How does the use of multiple viewpoints allow Hokeah to use accumulation to advance the plot and provide important information about Ever to readers?

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