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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 did Jackie and Allison do after lunch in one of the school classrooms?

2. What does Georgia force Jas to do in the January chapter?

3. What worries Georgia about her body, in the January chapter?

4. How does Georgia feel when her father leaves for Whangamata?

5. Which of Georgia's features does she dislike the most?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Georgia irritated with Jas at school, after Katie's party?

2. Who is Lindsay?

3. Why doesn't Georgia want to put her arm around Jas when Jas is upset?

4. What announcement does Slim make at the beginning of the December chapter?

5. What is "Operation Sausage"?

6. Why is Georgia upset after she and her friends rate one another in German class?

7. How does the fight at the Christmas party start?

8. What does Georgia learn about happiness from an article she read in her mother's Cosmo?

9. What does Libby say to Robbie that shocks him and embarrasses Georgia?

10. What is Georgia's response when Mum asks her if she misses her father?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In many ways, this novel is a coming-of-age tale. Examine the ways in which the novel documents Georgia's passage into womanhood. What are the major changes that occur in her character during the course of the novel? Is there anything about her that doesn't change? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the relationship between Georgia and her mother. How does Georgia feel about her mother? What does she dislike about her? Does she trust her mother for advice? Why does Georgia prefer to consult her mother's books and magazines, instead of looking to her mother for answers to her questions? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 3

Georgia has a difficult time at school -- she dislikes some of her classmates, and has problems with many of her teachers. How does Georgia handle the problems she has at school? Are the problems she has universal, or do they appear to be exclusive to the situation of a teenage girl attending an upscale, girls-only school? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

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