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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 Jem think might save Spider?

2. Who goes to the beach with Jem?

3. Why does Spider go back to the man from the party after saving Jem?

4. How does Spider die?

5. Who counsels the people trying to speak to Jem?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jem use the church keys to do?

2. Why was Jem not able to go to the cremation of Spider?

3. How does Karen die?

4. What makes Jem think that Spider is killed when captured?

5. How does this book end?

6. Why does Jem stop hanging out in the places kids go when they have nothing to do?

7. What keeps Jem from killing herself?

8. How does Jem get some money in the woods?

9. How does Karen respond when she hears about Jem's power?

10. Why is it so ironic for Britney to help Jem?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was Jem's ability, and how did it shape her life for good and bad?

Essay Topic 2

What does Jem feel about friendship, and why is this so central to the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Personal identity is one of the main themes in this book. Where did this theme appear, and how did its inclusion in the novel shape the course of the plot?

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