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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 color does Albie wear when Jeannette first sees him in Chapter 5?

2. In Chapter 8, what was the temperature when Teresa left Los Angeles and flew to Switzerland?

3. What language can the writer speak who comes with Astrid in Chapter 6?

4. In Chapter 5, how did Albie get money for pot?

5. Where are Jeanette's husband and babysitter from?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 6, what is Caroline doing?

2. In Chapter 6, why does Leo struggle to make ends meet?

3. Who was Ernestine and what happened to her?

4. How does Jeannette describe Albie in Chapter 5?

5. Why do Fix, Caroline, and Franny go to Teresa's house on Fix's birthday?

6. In Chapter 5, how does Fode know that Albie is Jeannette's brother?

7. What children do Caroline and Franny have?

8. In what way is Leo and Franny's relationship doomed even before the house guests in Chapter 6?

9. In Chapter 6, where does Leo rent a house for the summer, and what is the house like?

10. How did Fix and Marjorie get their house in Santa Monica?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Although characters can be motivated by others, most self-growth occurs when characters make their own decisions and become their own persons. How do Franny and Teresa grow when they learn to make their own decisions and to become their own persons?

Essay Topic 2

The mood in the novel shifts as different stories are told. How does the author create mood in the novel and how does mood change from chapter to chapter? Does the book have an overall mood?

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 4, readers discover who Franny is and what motivates her. How does the author develop Franny’s character—through implicit or explicit details—and how does the way that Franny is portrayed reveal her strengths, weaknesses, motivations, conflicts, and personality?

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