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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 Doc Matapang make Simon in Chapter 16?

2. Where did Simon and his classmates hide during the shooting at his school?

3. What type of vehicle does Dr. Matapang drive?

4. Where is Isobel on Sunday in Chapter 20?

5. How loes it take Simon to build a platform in the treehouse for the microwave to sit on?

Short Essay Questions

1. After the school shooting, how did Isobel get a reporter named Kathy Catchpole to stop writing about the shooting?

2. How does Simon describe the school shooting?

3. How have the students in Simon's class been keeping busy during the last two weeks of school?

4. Why is Simon alone at church in Chapter 20?

5. How does Kevin learn that Simon is a survivor of a school shooting?

6. Why is it easy to steal Kevin's microwave?

7. What is the basement like at the funeral home?

8. Why does Saint Barbara's catch on fire even though they have a lightning rod?

9. In Chapter 20, why does Simon leave church early?

10. What has Agate borrowed from Jade for the message project, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

An analogy is the comparison of an unfamiliar object or idea to a familiar one in an attempt to explain the unfamiliar or to help readers understand characters, events, or concepts. What are some analogies Bow uses in Simon Sort of Says? How do these analogies help readers comprehend characters, events, or concepts?

Essay Topic 2

Dr. Matapang controls Zeny and Kevin's lives and their educational experiences. The Van der Zwaan's believe in "supporting self-directed exploration" (211). How would you describe the difference between the Matapangs and the Van der Zwaans? Are there any similarities between the families?

Essay Topic 3

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does it help readers connect with and understand characters?

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