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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 Joy doing in Chapter 15 when Frank gets to the Warehouse District to pick her up?

2. In Chapter 16, what does Frank remember as Hanna's reply when he asked her once as children if she loved their parents?

3. In Chapter 26, what does Frank ask his father to do so Frank can do the mopping at The Store?

4. In Chapter 22, what does Frank tell Brit that makes her the most angry?

5. In Chapter 21, what happens between Frank and Joy at Kyung Hee's wedding?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 27, what does Frank's mother tell him about Frank's father that changes everything for Frank?

2. Why is Frank uncomfortable at the Korean restaurant with Brit's family?

3. In Chapter 21, what does Frank finally realize about Joy?

4. Why is Frank's father bizarrely happy in the hospital after being shot?

5. In Chapter 15, why is Frank's mother calling him so urgently?

6. What foreboding event coincides with Frank's breaking up with Brit in Chapter 22?

7. In Chapter 15, why does Frank have to go back to pick Joy up from the Warehouse District?

8. What advice does Q give Frank about Brit in Chapter 18?

9. How does Brit react in Chapter 22 when Frank breaks up with her?

10. What is Brit's reaction to finding out Frank's father was shot?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring the symbolism of the wildfires, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring the significance, to Frank, of saying "I love you" to anyone in his life. How does Frank feel differently, eventually, about saying these words to Brit and saying them to Joy?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring how both Frank's and Joy's feelings about their plan to trick their parents by pretending they are dating each other change over the course of the novel, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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