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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. In "Secret Samantha," what does Blade do with the shoelaces when Samantha gives them to her?
2. In "Secret Samantha," what surprising thing does Samantha's mother say to her when she comes to the school?
3. In "How to Transform," what does the narrator do each day before the gym opens?
4. In "Sol Painting, Inc.," how old is Merci?
5. In "A Difficult Path," what valuable treasure did the pirate captain take from a noble on a passenger ship?
Short Essay Questions
1. In "How to Transform," why does the narrator want to go to the gym in Balboa in the first place?
2. In "Sol Painting, Inc.," how does the girls' soccer team act in trying to get into the gym?
3. In "Secret Samantha," describe Blade's first appearance.
4. In "The Difficult Path," what is Li Po's poem "The Difficult Path" about, and why is the poem significant to the story?
5. In "The Beans and Rice Chronicles," who is Mr. Shephard?
6. In "Secret Samantha," what happens when Samantha goes to the mall with her mother to buy a gift for Blade?
7. In "How to Transform," how does the narrator finally get into his first game?
8. In "Secret Samantha," what happens when Samantha goes to see the school nurse?
9. In "How to Transform," what kind of student is the narrator?
10. In "The Difficult Path," how is it that Lingsi finally learns to read?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Choose two or more stories from this collection and write an essay in which you compare/ contrast how money plays an important role in what happens and the messages the authors are trying to get across.
Essay Topic 2
In an essay, discuss how Samantha's relationship with her mother develops over the course of the story "Secret Samantha."
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay in which you compare/ contrast how at least two of the stories from this collection deal with sexuality.
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