Prep Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Curtis Sittenfeld
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 156 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Prep Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Curtis Sittenfeld
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 156 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 item of clothing is associated with a surprise holiday, as explained in Chapter 2?

2. What sport does Lee start playing in Chapter 3?

3. How does Lee view her parents impending visit to campus in Chapter 5?

4. According to Conchita in Chapter 3, why does she have a single room?

5. What does Lee see in Little's eyes at the end of Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lee discover about the thief at the end of Chapter 1?

2. Why do Lee and her father blow up at one another in Chapter 5? What is the culmination of this argument?

3. Why is Lee embarrassed to read her English paper aloud to the class in Chapter 4? How does her teacher respond?

4. How does Lee describe Conchita in Section 3?

5. According to Lee at the start of Chapter 5, what characterizes the parents of wealthy Ault students? How does Lee’s family compare?

6. Why do Lee and Dede argue near the end of Chapter 1?

7. Why does Lee go to the mall in Chapter 2, and what happens there?

8. What does Lee think about racism at Ault? How does Chapter 4 further develop this theme?

9. Why is Chapter 3 named "Assassin"?

10. Who is the intern English teacher, and what accessory does she often wear in Chapter 4? What does Lee think about this accessory over the course of the chapter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the author’s choice to tell this story by using the first-person perspective. How does viewing the action through a first-person perspective affect the story? How would the novel change if the story was told through the third person?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the influence Lee’s parents have on her character and on the story as a whole.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay defining friendship from the perspective of Lee. What does it mean to be a friend, according to Lee? How do the choices she makes reflect these values?

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