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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 is the name of Noah’s cat?
2. To which of the following do camp counselors compare wheelchairs?
3. With which of the following does Chapter 27 begin?
4. Which of the following is served at lunch prior to Balloon Ball?
5. With which of the following does Chapter 22 begin?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is done with the balloons that remain from Balloon Ball?
2. What reputation does Melody note the Fiery Falcons are developing at camp?
3. How is Melody equipped for going out on a nature walk?
4. What prompts the counselors to close lunch prior to Balloon Ball?
5. What thought regarding her horse saddens Melody as she rides?
6. What is noted as the basic rule of Balloon Ball?
7. How does Lulu define the term “habitat”?
8. What earns Malik his nickname of Candy Man?
9. What justification is given for scoring a caught balloon as 50 points?
10. What revelation regarding cookies does Melody have at camp?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Readerly attention focuses on the following passage:
Special needs, I was thinking. I don’t like that term. It sounds so…so…vague. It’s like people without special needs decided that if they made the term vague enough, it wouldn’t hurt anybody’s feelings. But when you’re the person the term is used for, it makes you feel less than yourself. It makes me feel less than myself. Yeah, I’m special. And yes, I have needs. But don’t make that my label (20).
What purpose does the passage serve in the novel, and how is that purpose enacted?
Essay Topic 2
Explicate the significance of the protagonist’s counselor’s name.
Essay Topic 3
The protagonist and several other characters are given both personal and family names in the novel. A number of other characters are afforded only given names. What distinction is implied by the difference in naming, and how does the implication come across?
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