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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 Chapter 12, what is Mrs. James baking when Julie comes home?

2. In Chapter 16, what does Mrs. James do before having a cup of coffee?

3. In Chapter 13, what color does Barry's mother say that she wants to paint the walls in his old room?

4. In Chapter 11, what does Elsa say that their mother wants Helen to do?

5. In Chapter 14, who does Ray meet when he comes out of the hospital after seeing Barry?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 12, what is Julie thinking and doing when she stands in the living room of her house after Ray drops her off?

2. In Chapter 13, what actually happened the night that Barry was shot?

3. In Chapter 11, what does Elsa tell Helen their mother would like her to do?

4. How does Barry feel in Chapter 13 when his parents tell him that Helen was at the hospital with a male friend?

5. In Chapter 14, what does Bud say when Ray says he is going to try to get Julie back?

6. What does Helen do in Chapter 17, when she learns that Collie intends to kill her?

7. In Chapter 17, what does Helen do after Collie leaves the pool?

8. In Chapter 16, what does Mr. Rivers say about Helen having everything?

9. In Chapter 12, why does Julie think that Elsa might have called Barry pretending to be Helen?

10. At the end of Chapter 15, what advice does Collie give Helen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Genre is the category that a story falls under, like historical fiction, realistic fiction, autobiography, or biography. What is the genre of the novel? Could the novel fit under several different genres? If so, what would those genres be?

Essay Topic 2

Some characters in the story are stereotypes. What are some stereotype characters in the novel? How do they advance the narrative? How do these characters advance the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Both Collie and Helen experience desperation. Why is Collie desperate to get revenge? What causes Helen to become desperate? How might desperation influence behavior based upon what Collie and Helen do when they are desperate?

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