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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 do the Bonners think Miel does with her roses before they ask for them?

2. How do the Bonners know Miel cares about the secret they are threatening to reveal?

3. How does Miel think the town will take the truth about Sam?

4. How does Miel's mother really die?

5. Who comes to Miel's school to get her assignments in Part III?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Miel actually not in school in Part III?

2. What was Miel doing with her roses before the Bonners started stealing them?

3. What does Miel discover at the lighting that makes her angry with Sam and Aracely?

4. What do Sam and Miel do together in Part IV at Sam's house?

5. What do the Bonner sisters threaten Miel with in Part III if she does not give them what they want?

6. Why does Sam originally get assigned detention in Part III?

7. What does Miel tell Aracely she wants to do for the first time ever in Part IV?

8. Why does Miel tell Sam they cannot be together romantically?

9. What does Aracely tell Miel about the history of powers in their family?

10. What does Miel realize the water did to Leandro that it did not do to her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does McLemore describe Miel's and Aracely's relationship? What are some of the unique aspects of it? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Why does Miel choose to tell no one about the Bonner sisters' abuse and bullying, and do you think McLemore makes a convincing case as to why this should be so? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does Aracely justify keeping her major secret, and the true nature of her relationship with Miel, concealed for so long? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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