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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. Which of the following is NOT one of Charlie and Jeffrey's puns?
2. Why were Rosie and Jack in the car on the day of the crash?
3. How could the following use of rhetorical device be described: "the world is aflame...the sun is a giant red ball...the sky is...stunning and clear" (231)?
4. Why might Chapter Seven skip back and forth between memories of the encounter with Mad Jack?
5. Which of the following is the image Charlie uses to declare his love for Eliza?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Charlie and Eliza encounter as they walk toward Jasper's glade in Chapter Seven?
2. Why does Jeffrey look up to Bruce Lee?
3. How does Jeffrey Lu become a Corrigan cricket legend?
4. How has the relationship between Charlie and Wesley Bucktin changed?
5. How has Jasper's father done after the death of his mother?
6. How is the town's response to the attack on Mr. Lu different from the abuse that Mrs. Lu suffers?
7. How does the imagery of Charlie and Jasper's walk to Mad Jack's add to the suspense of the scene in Chapter Seven?
8. During the cricket game in Chapter Six, what is happening between Charlie and Eliza?
9. Why does the Vigil make Charlie feel that he and Jasper have no real chance of finding Laura's killer?
10. In Chapter Eight, what has become of the members of the Bucktin family since Charlie discovered his mother's affair?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What causes the end of the Bucktin parents' relationship? Why has Wesley Bucktin always chosen to be so passive?
Essay Topic 2
Jasper's glade provides peace, rest, privacy, and a hideout. It is also the scene of some terrible occurrences. Write an essay detailing the imagery and the symbolism of the glade and what it might represent.
Essay Topic 3
At the end of the novel, Charlie thinks, "There is more to know. Always" (309). Write an essay in which you explore some of the instances in the book when it is impossible to know the full story without asking more questions.
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