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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. With which of the following does Chapter 33 begin?

2. What game does Melody note is played at her school, in which she cannot join?

3. Which Fiery Falcon is the first to introduce herself to the Purple Panthers?

4. With which of the following does Chapter 24 begin?

5. With which of the following does Chapter 25 begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What prompts the counselors to close lunch prior to Balloon Ball?

2. Why is Melody shocked by the news of a camp dance?

3. What thought regarding her horse saddens Melody as she rides?

4. How do the Panthers clean themselves of the skunk smell?

5. How does Lulu define the term “habitat”?

6. How do the Fiery Falcons prepare uniforms for Balloon Ball?

7. What earns Malik his nickname of Candy Man?

8. How does Karyn note her father had tried to rid himself of skunk smell?

9. What reputation does Melody note the Fiery Falcons are developing at camp?

10. What reasons do the counselors give for being upset with Melody and her cabin-mates for their unauthorized excursion?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

To what genre other than middle-grade literature might the novel be considered to belong? How and why?

Essay Topic 2

A lack of formal sectional division in the novel obliges a fairly arbitrary breakdown of the text for purposes of study and discussion. On what grounds might the current divisions be in place? Why and how are they appropriate to the text?

Essay Topic 3

Overall, what is the most important theme of Out of My Heart. What in the text indicates as much? How does it do so?

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