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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 is Miranda looking at which has come in the mail from TV show producers?

2. Miranda always carries around a book about ___________________.

3. Where does the person in #50 ask Miranda to go?

4. What unique habit does Quack have?

5. Where does Miranda invite Annemarie in Chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the two notes that Miranda finds and why are they so unsettling for Miranda?

2. Describe Miranda's encounter with the boy who punched Sal the day after Sal was hurt.

3. Who is Sal and what is his role in Miranda's life?

4. Where does Miranda find the first note and what is its content?

5. Who is Marcus and what is his opinion on the book that Miranda always carries with her?

6. Why is Miranda's mother so sad about her life?

7. What is one of the things Miranda's mother would like to do with the money if she should win at the game show?

8. What do Miranda and Richard do with Miranda's mother each evening?

9. Where do Miranda and her mother keep a spare key to the apartment?

10. What is the nature of Miranda's mother's relationship with Richard?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Rebecca Stead's writing style. How is she different from other writers of her time? What are some of her characteristic writing techniques? Identify some examples of her style in WHEN YOU REACH ME.

Essay Topic 2

Does Stead end the story on a note of hope for Miranda or the continuance of her struggle to come to terms with flawed relationships and evolving trends and ways of life? Give your perspective and two reasons to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Rebecca Stead is a master at dramatic devices. Choose an example of symbolism, metaphors, and irony, briefly describe them and identify the technique which they embody.

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