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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. With which of the following does the eighteenth chapter of the novel begin?

2. In what city is the care facility into which February places her mother?

3. Which of the following professions does Charlie’s mother hold?

4. Which of the following roles does Gabriella play?

5. What is the name of Austin’s grandmother?

Short Essay Questions

1. What feeling about Austin does Charlie acknowledge after her first encounter with Gabriella?

2. To what does February ascribe the low regard in which teenagers are often held?

3. What occasions Charlie’s return to mainstream schooling from her placement in special education?

4. Why does Austin opine that it is better to be friendly than friends with one’s roommate?

5. Why does Charlie note knowing how sound travels through balloons?

6. For what reason does Charlie note being glad to leave her old school behind in the wake of her custody hearing?

7. What is the utopian vision February’s students describe in her class?

8. What finally prompts the Workman ancestors to flee institutional confinement?

9. What event causes Charlie to be assigned to drama club activities?

10. What makes the Chipped Cup February’s favorite lunch spot?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What character is the protagonist of True Biz? How does the novel support such an assertion? Why does it matter that the protagonist is who it is?

Essay Topic 2

A lack of formal sectional division in the novel obliges a fairly arbitrary breakdown of the text for purposes of study and discussion. On what grounds might the current divisions be in place? Why and how are they appropriate to the text?

Essay Topic 3

Which character is the second most important in the text? How does the work support such an assertion?

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