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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 Amy's Uber driver studying in Chapter 9?

2. What color shirt that Amy gave Stan does Joy think he should wear for Father's Day?

3. How old does does Joy remember Brooke was when a permanent frown made its first appearance?

4. In Chapter 9, who is Amy talking to on her phone as an Uber driver takes her to the police station?

5. What do Stan and Joy have for breakfast on Father's Day?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who confronts Stan in Chapter 14 and why?

2. In Chapter 8, how does Brooke remember spending her weekend?

3. Why did Joy make plans to leave Stan after Brooke graduated from high school and then change her mind?

4. What does Christina tell Amy her father did with the car the day after her mother went missing?

5. Why was Joy and Stan's trip to Wimbledon a disappointment?

6. Where is Amy going in Chapter 9, and who is she meeting there?

7. How does Savannah end up at Joy and Stan's house?

8. What is Brooke's office like?

9. What has Joy found to be the way to deal with Amy?

10. What conversation are the Delaney siblings having about their mother in Chapter 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Brooke has had migraines since she was a child. What conflict does Brooke have with her mother because of them and why?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view of Apples Never Fall? How does the way that the third-person narrator follows different character influence what readers know about events and characters? How does following different characters help readers connect with and understand characters?

Essay Topic 3

Both Stan and Logan have been guilty of checking out of their relationships. How have the men checked out of their relationships in different ways? In what way were they both avoiding conflict?

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