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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 Trina tell Chester?

2. How does Robert react to the music?

3. What is the all-time high for the Booster auction?

4. For whom does Juli root to win Bryce's lunch?

5. How does Bryce act when they arrive at the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Booster Club auction and how are the boys chosen?

2. What is the family's response to Patsy's announcement?

3. What does Lynetta play on the stereo and what are the adults tempted to do?

4. What does Juli feel when she hears about Shelly and Bryce?

5. Why does Bryce do for Juli as a good-will offering?

6. What do Bryce and his grandpa discuss concerning Juli?

7. What does Juli say about why she wants to clean up the yard?

8. What happens with the bidding for Bryce?

9. What surprises Juli about something Lynetta does at dinner and her mother's response?

10. What happens between Juli and Bryce when the Baker family arrive for dinner at the Loski household?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1. What is foreshadow? How many incidences of foreshadow are in Flipped? How does foreshadow contribute to a book's suspense?

2. Discuss an example of foreshadow in Flipped including why you believe it is foreshadow. Include examples from the book and your own life to illustrate your answer.

3. How do you think most people react to uncertainty in their lives? Use examples from Flipped and your own live to support your opinion.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following:

1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in Flipped. Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with growth? Why? What are some symbols of growth? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid?

2. Trace and analyze the theme of courage in Flipped. Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess courage? Why?

3. Trace and analyze the theme of peer pressure in Flipped. Who sometimes does things because of peer pressure? Who is able to generally disregard peer pressure and do the right thing? Is peer pressure always a negative thing? Why or why not? Use examples from the to illustrate your ideas.

Essay Topic 3

Flipped belongs to the teen novel genre. Discuss the following:

1. Define the literary term "genre" and give several examples of three other genres in addition to the teen novel genre.

2. Discuss two reasons why it might be useful to label a text by genre and two reasons it might be disadvantageous to label a text by genre.

3. What do you think is the difference between a teen novel and a historical novel mystery?

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