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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 were Jamie's sons born addicted to?

2. What is Vee's racial heritage?

3. What did Sean's mother give him for Christmas before the disease began to take her?

4. How much of Sean's first year of high school does he spend at home?

5. How many times has Lony guessed some number Loother had in his head in Chapter 21?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Orvil get shot?

2. Why does Orvil tell Lony not to cut his hair?

3. What movie does Lony remember he and his brothers used to watch all the time, and what is the movie about?

4. In Chapter 21, why do Loother and Lony have to go to an AA meeting with Jacquie?

5. How is Sean injured?

6. What schools does Sean attend, and why does he not fit in?

7. Who recognizes Opal when she starts going to the Friendship Center, and what does the woman have for Opal?

8. How does Orvil start spending his days after a time of staying home because of his bullet wound?

9. How does Orvil begin to feel about the pills and that he might run out?

10. How does Lony justify cutting himself?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mood is an element that authors use to evoke feelings in readers through the use of descriptive language. Mood is the overall feeling that readers have when reading a story. What is the overall mood of Wandering Stars?

Essay Topic 2

Sean struggles to live with his brother and father after his mother died. Why does he struggle to live with them? How would you describe the relationship Sean had with his father and brother, and how it affects his life?

Essay Topic 3

In Wandering Stars, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the storyline? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what role do these flat characters play?

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