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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 does Kaitlin think Jack has realized?

2. What does Kaitlin wonder about in Chapter 12?

3. What kind of food does Bram invite Kaitlin to eat with him in Chapter 7?

4. Who is Abby?

5. What does Kaitlin want to tell Bram about in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the most recent event to have caused strife between the Malone and Crutchfield families?

2. What makes Kaitlin uncomfortable in Chapter 5?

3. How does the relationship between Bram and Kaitlin progress in Chapter 7?

4. What has Kaitlin begun to lose in Chapter 12?

5. Who is Rick, and what does Kaitlin think of him?

6. What does Bram show Kaitlin from his backyard?

7. Why does Kaitlin initially dismiss the idea of going to college?

8. Why does Kaitlin smack Bram in Chapter 16? How does she explain her actions?

9. What does Kaitlin learn from Maggie's diary in Chapter 14?

10. What excuse does Kaitlin use for talking to Bram in Chapter 10?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author of the novel, Mary E. Pearson. What other works has she received recognition for? Is her work usually similarly themed? Does she always write in the same genre?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Kaitlin’s character growth throughout the novel. How does her character compare from when the reader is first introduced to her to when the novel concludes? What events or people in her life prompt Kaitlin’s growth?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the setting of the novel. What is the setting? How does it influence the plot?

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