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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. How old was Patina when Maddy was born?

2. What days of the week does Patina send her mother a text first thin in the morning?

3. In Chapter 8, what does Patina have for lunch?

4. In what wing of Chester Academy is the elementary school?

5. In Chapter 8, what type of dog is a lady on the radio talking about?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Coach run with Patina during track practice in Chapter 4?

2. What does Brit-Brat say when she keeps stepping on Patina's toes, and what does Patina think about Brit-Brat's comment?

3. Where did Patina and Maddy go to live after their mother had her legs amputated?

4. How did Uncle Tony give Patina the idea that she should become a runner?

5. Why does Patina do Maddy's hair every Sunday?

6. What type of music does Whit want the girls to dance to and why?

7. What does Patina remember about her father?

8. How do Patina and her family celebrate her dad's birthday?

9. What are the other track team members doing while Patina and the other girls start moving to waltz music?

10. What does Coach make Lu and Ghost do when they tease the girls while they practice the waltz in Chapter 5?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Foreshadowing is a method authors use to hint at events to come in a novel. How does the author use foreshadowing in the book? Does the use of foreshadowing create suspense?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 3

Patina’s English teacher is teaching the poem The Charge of the Light Brigade. What does the poem mean? How does Patina figure out the meaning of the poem?

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