View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Cap enlist to take care of food for the Halloween dance?

2. When will the election for eighth grade class president be held?

3. How old is Rain in Chapter 1?

4. What did Rain break when she fell in Chapter 1?

5. What emotion does Cap feel pressing down on his chest in Chapter 4 when he is talking to his grandmother?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Rain hurt herself?

2. What is helping Cap understand regular school in Chapter 12?

3. What is Mrs. Donnelly's experience with Garland Farm?

4. How does Naomi describe Lena?

5. How does Sophie describe her mother in Chapter 9?

6. How does Cap get locked in a courtyard off the library and what does he do until he is rescued?

7. What is Cap's first experience with a police officer?

8. How does Cap describe lockers to his grandmother?

9. How does Zach describe himself?

10. How is class president chosen at Claverage Middle School?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Cap is the protagonist in the novel. Who is the antagonist and what effects does the antagonist have on Cap and on Cap’s view of the world outside Garland?

Essay Topic 2

Cap experiences conflicts as he attends middle school and lives with the Donnelly’s. What are some of the conflicts that Cap deals with, and what do these conflicts reveal about Cap and the type of person that he is?

Essay Topic 3

Zach has never really known what it is like to not be popular. How does Zach’s popularity rise and fall in the novel, and how does not being popular affect Zach and his outlook on life?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 714 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample