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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 Mater and Pater's spaceship in an episode of Super Space Warriors?

2. On what floor does Ms. Majesty Morris live?

3. In Episode 1, to what apartments do Portico's parents tell him they are moving?

4. What does Gran Gran call the brain?

5. How many times has Portico saved people in Episode 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Portico Reeves live?

2. Why does Mama Gloria's apartment always stink?

3. Where did Portico's parents get a coffee table, and how has it been used?

4. What is the Zamarama Zigzag, and how does it work?

5. What instructions does the narrator provide on "How to be a Good Castlemate" (64)?

6. After having a snack at the snack truck with Mr. Brawner and Zola, what happens when Portico runs back to the building?

7. How does Portico become Stuntboy?

8. How did Herbert come to live at Skylight Gardens?

9. How does Mr. Brawner sell a lawn chair?

10. What type of chair do Portico's parents fight over, and where did they get the chair?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Herbert changes in Episode 8. How does Herbert change in Episode 8? How are changes in Herbert a role reversal?

Essay Topic 2

Occasionally the narrator directly speaks to readers. This is called “breaking the fourth wall.” How does it seem that the narrator is having conversations with readers throughout Stuntboy, In the Meantime? How do these conversations provide information to readers that characters may not be privy to? What is the purpose of breaking the fourth wall?

Essay Topic 3

Portico and Zola are fascinated by Soup. Who is Soup? Why are Portico and Zola fascinated by him?

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