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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 does Ava say to Kaiser Shih about the factory?

2. What does Ava give her business coworkers?

3. Why does Ava get mad at Carla and Joanne?

4. Who pressured Ava to get good grades?

5. Who is Kaiser Shih?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Bear?

2. Who is Kayla?

3. Who in Ava's family lives in Chicago?

4. What does Boss Mak gift Ava?

5. Who turns 90 in Chapter 13?

6. Why does Ava fly to Boston?

7. Who pitches a new business plan to Winnie?

8. Who is Linlin?

9. Who poops on Ava's carpet?

10. Who is Carla?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you explore Ava's narration. Is the fact that her first-person narration is directed at the detective effective? How does it help to strengthen the novel's themes, plot, characters, etc.?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring how Ava begins to take on various different personas when she begins returning fake designer bags to retail stores. How does it make her feel?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you explore Ava's relationship to her parents. What is this relationship like, particularly as Ava is growing up?

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