87 pages 2 hours read

Andrea Davis Pinkney

The Red Pencil

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

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Exam Answer Key

Multiple Choice

1. D (Chapter 7)

2. B (Chapter 30)

3. C (Multiple chapters)

4. D (Multiple chapters)

5. A (Chapter 91)

6. C (Chapter 97)

7. C (Chapters 122-123)

8. D (Multiple chapters)

9. A (Chapter 157)

10. A (Multiple chapters)

Long Answer

1. Answers may vary. Some instances could be how Amira feels “bright” and able to fly with Dando, the fact that she overhears Dando agreeing with Old Anwar that she is special, and/or the special game of “What Else Is Possible?” that she and Dando play.

2. Answers may vary. One instance is when Amira draws the scene of the Janjaweed attack and Dando’s death, upon which she hears her own muffled cry, preparing to speak. A second instance is when Gamal sketches himself crying and reaching out to his dead parents in the sky, which Amira describes as a beautiful way to grieve.