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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 color hair does Jenny have?

2. In "Mother and Child," what does June think that Jenny's car smells like?

3. What does Jenny tell Ziggy to be?

4. What grows in the orchard near Nana Jean's place?

5. What is Jenny carrying when she comes outside in "Mother and Child"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Ziggy and June cover the abandoned cellar in "Majestica," and what does it look like?

2. What does Ziggy do at the beginning of "Summer Storm"?

3. How does June describe the music her mother is playing in "Courante"?

4. When is the only time that June Bug's mother looks tethered to the earth, and how does she seem during that time?

5. What does June see and hear when Ziggy is not at the tree in "Mother and Child"?

6. What is the disinfection process Angela goes through after Toby leaves?

7. How does Uncle Toby help with food?

8. What does Ziggy say when Nana Jean offers to take him downtown to get his hair cut and buy him some new clothes?

9. What is Ziggy like and what does he bring with him?

10. Where does June Bug like to watch the neighborhood, and what does she see?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The climax in a novel is the highest point of tension and a turning point. What is the climax of the novel and why is that incident the climax?

Essay Topic 2

Allusions are figures of speech used when an author mentions a person, place, or thing, but does not provide background information about the person, place, or thing. What are some allusions that the author uses in the book? Is research required to understand the allusions the author makes? Does the use of allusions make understanding what is happening difficult?

Essay Topic 3

June and Ziggy become friends. What do June and Ziggy have in common? How do they become friends? What is revealed about friendship through their relationship?

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