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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. Where does Julian want to go sledding in Part IV?

2. How old was August when he had his biggest surgeries?

3. What is the name of the game that relates to August that has been going on since the beginning of the year?

4. What do Summer and August like to play at recess?

5. In Part I, how long has it been since Christopher moved away?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Summer go to the bathroom and call her mom during the Halloween party?

2. Where is Julian going for Christmas?

3. What are some things that Via and her grandmother did when Via stayed with Grans for four weeks?

4. Why doesn't Via go home after the first day of school with Miranda and her mother?

5. Why are all the boys ignoring Jack when school starts again in January?

6. What is August thinking about when Ms. Petosa calls his name and asks him to share two things about himself?

7. How did Isabel react when her mother died?

8. Where did the sled come from that Jack found and fixed up?

9. What do August and Summer talk about during lunch on the first day of school?

10. How does Savannah say that Summer can be a part of the popular group?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

August's family, friends, schoolmates, and teachers/administrators think he is special. What makes August so special to these people and why doesn't he think he is special?

Essay Topic 2

The idiom "like a lamb to the slaughter" describes what August and his father believe his experiences will be at middle school. In what way is and isn't August like a lamb about to be slaughtered when he goes to school?

Essay Topic 3

August compares himself to the North Pole. What happens that makes August compare himself to the North Pole?

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