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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. In what grade is Lee’s tutor, as explained in Chapter 7?

2. Where does Dave work on campus, as revealed in Chapter 6?

3. Whom does Lee learn has been nominated for prefect as Chapter 7 begins?

4. As the relationship between Lee and Cross progresses in Chapter 8, how does Lee begin to change?

5. Following her graduation from Ault, how many times does Lee return to campus?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Lee get punished in Chapter 8? What punishment is she given, and what happens?

2. How does Lee’s father react to the article published in the New York Times in Chapter 8?

3. What restrictions does Lee place on Cross after they begin secretly seeing one another in Chapter 8? How does he react to these terms?

4. Who comes to visit Lee at the start of Chapter 8? What is Lee’s reaction to this visit?

5. What is happening to Lee as Chapter 7 begins? At the same time, what is happening with Martha? How does Lee react?

6. How does Martha help Lee academically in Chapter 7? How does Martha feel about her deed?

7. According to Lee in Chapter 7, why should she not be kicked out of school? What is her reasoning?

8. What happens to Sin-Jun at the start of Chapter 6? How does Lee learn this information?

9. What college does Lee wish to attend, as explained in Chapter 8? Why? What does her college advisor tell her?

10. What does the term “spring cleaning” mean? How does it apply to Lee in Chapter 7?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

William Faulkner once wrote, “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” Explain how the novel illustrates this idea.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss the game of Assassin and the role it plays, both for Lee individually and for the Ault community as a whole.

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