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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 is the name of the stranger who offers to buy Sia food from the food truck in Chapter 2?

2. When Sia is left alone with her mother in Chapter 17, she asks her to commit to going to a rehab center for how long?

3. Where does Carol take Sia to clean up in Chapter 5?

4. Carol tells Sia in Chapter 4 that Tito has how many children?

5. What word from Chapter 20 means arousing pity, especially through vulnerability or sadness?

Short Essay Questions

1. How would you describe the character of Sia as introduced in Chapter 1?

2. What exchange takes place between Sia and Duke in Chapter 19? How do the onlookers respond?

3. Where does Sia ask John to take her after school in Chapter 20? How does he respond?

4. What leads up to the conflict between Duke and Kyle in Chapter 18?

5. What exchange takes place between Sia and Beatriz when Sia arrives home from school in Chapter 13?

6. What motivates Sia to ask John to take her to the soup kitchen in Chapter 13? How does John respond?

7. Why is Sia’s father upset in the beginning of Chapter 17? How does Sia respond to the situation?

8. What thoughts consume Sia as she falls asleep in the end of Chapter 10?

9. What conflict is taking place when Sia awakens in Chapter 6? What does Sia do?

10. What exchange takes place between Sia and Duke in Chapter 10? How does Sia feel about Duke?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the narrative point of view of Sia. Is the novel related from a first, second, or third person perspective? Is the narrator involved in the action of the story? How would the novel differ if it were related from a different perspective?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the characters of Bill and Beth in the narrative. How are the appearances of these characters described? What does Sia assume about these characters when she first encounters them? What is the apparent reality of Bill and Beth?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of forgiveness in Sia. How does Sia learn in the course of the novel to forgive both others and herself? How does this theme apply to the other main characters in the story?

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