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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 Jessie find in the trash from Evan's friends in Chapter 6?
2. How does Evan explain the lights being out in the basement to his sister?
3. Define "competition" from Chapter 5?
4. Why do Evan and Scott's customers not buy lemonade when they come from a specific direction?
5. What does Carly say about the lemonade stand in Chapter 6?
Short Essay Questions
1. At the start of the novel, Evan is throwing a baseball up and down, and he thinks, "The thought that if he missed he'd probably break his nose made the game just interesting enough" (1). Why might he feel this way?
2. Why do Jessie and Megan add snacks, hair braiding, and nail polishing to their stand?
3. Why might math be an easier subject for Jessie?
4. After the first day of selling lemonade, what does the reader find out about Jessie's real feelings toward Evan?
5. How does Evan know that Jessie is not going to enter the Labor Day Contest?
6. On their second day of selling, why are Jessie and Megan not doing very well making money?
7. What are some behaviors Jessie notices about Carly Brownell when she arrives at Megan's house? What do they mean?
8. How does Jessie get Megan to join her lemonade stand?
9. Why do Evan and Jessie make a vow after their dad left to never argue in front of their mom?
10. What do a group of second grade girls do to Jessie that is very mean?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Chapter 2, Jessie has many feelings about skipping a grade, Evan's treatment of her, and the beginning of a lemonade stand. Find four different words that describe her feelings. Take each word and agree/disagree as to whether you agree with that feeling if you were in those situations.
Essay Topic 2
Scott is not the best business partner, because he is lazy and careless. On Pages 28-31, find the ways in which Scott proves he is lazy. How does Scott specifically make business more difficult for Evan? What behaviors can Scott change in order to help Evan?
Essay Topic 3
On Pages 125 - 127, Evan asks if Jessie wants to call off the lemonade war, but she hesitates and does not finish her answer, so Evan assumes she does not want to. Evan has more than one reason as to why he does not want to continue with the war. What are the reasons Evan does not like the lemonade war? What are some of Evan's worries that go beyond winning the war?
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