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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 Sia’s father’s name in the novel?

2. What food item does the stranger suggest that Sia get from the food truck in the beginning of Chapter 2?

3. Sia asks Beatriz if she can help her do what in Chapter 13?

4. What is the name of the obese woman that demands soup without noodles in Chapter 4?

5. Sia’s mother tells her as they eat in Chapter 9 that Sia has always wanted to be what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the doctor at the hospital describe Sia’s condition and its cause in Chapter 7?

3. What is Carol’s response when Sia asks her how she came to be homeless in Chapter 6?

4. How much money does Sia’s mother give her for lunch in Chapter 11? How does Sia respond?

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

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

7. Whom does Sia encounter at the bakery in Chapter 14? What does Sia order there?

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

9. How is Sia’s mother described when Sia first observes her in Chapter 13?

10. Who comes up to Sia to offer her “blankets” in Chapter 3? How is this character described?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the setting of the Academy Awards and Sia’s and Kyle’s impressions of the event. How does Kyle respond to the glamour of the red carpet? How does Sia?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and analyze the character of Kyle Barrow in the novel. Why does Kyle appear to dislike Sia? Why does Kyle follow Sia to the bridge? How does Kyle differ from Sia’s friends and her boyfriend?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Carol’s story of how she became homeless. How common are stories like Carol’s among the homeless in today’s society? What are different resources available to help people like Carol get off the streets and rebuild their lives?

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