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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 are the school colors?

2. What connection do Asha and Autumn share?

3. What is the name of the janitor?

4. In Chapter 2, what is on the video that Autumn find at her house?

5. Where does Autumn think Tyler got the gun from?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are Claire and Chris not in the auditorium during the massacre?

2. Who is Geraldine?

3. What do Fareed and Tomas find when they get to the janitor’s office?

4. Describe Chris and Claire’s relationship at the start of the novel.

5. Who is Tracey?

6. What does Tyler think about Autumn and Sylvia’s relationship?

7. Why is Principal Trenton’s speech so boring to the students?

8. Who is Mr. Jameson?

9. Who is Jordan?

10. How do Fareed and Tomas plan to get into the auditorium?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the sibling relationships in the novel. What do these relationships tell the reader about each character?

Essay Topic 2

Nijkamp uses multiple symbols in the text. Select one of the following symbols, the auditorium, the ballet shoes, sibling pairs, or the gun, and analyze how Nijkamp uses this symbol in the text.

Essay Topic 3

Define dynamic and static characters. Use evidence from the text to analyze the main characters and decide which are dynamic and which are static.

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