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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. How does Annabel describe the situation when her father sees her as her mother and not herself?

2. Where does Annabel find herself at the beginning of the novel?

3. What show is Annabel about to watch when the doorbell rings?

4. How old is Boris Harris?

5. Which of these phrases or descriptions does Annabel use to describe her father?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Boris feel about Annabel, and why does he feel that way?

2. What three items does Annabel make Bill for breakfast, and how are they cooked and served?

3. List and describe three of the five shows Annabel flips through on the television.

4. Describe in detail the lie Annabel's body gives Annabel about her English composition.

5. What does Boris Harris look like?

6. Describe the way in which Annabel does laundry and list at least five clothing items involved in the process.

7. Describe three things that Annabel thinks make her mother too strict.

8. Describe how Annabel's body acts the first time she and Annabel come face to face after the switch.

9. Describe the events that unfold between Annabel and Bill after she awakens him in Chapter 2.

10. How does Annabel feel about her brother and why does she say she feels that way?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Annabel is happy and excited when she awakens to find herself in her mother's body. Unexpected as it might seem at first to the reader, the opportunity to experience life in her mother's body is not disorienting or strange to her, but rather a gift from her mother. Write an essay that explains why Annabel considers the body switch a gift rather than a punishment, how Annabel communicates the mismatch between her teenage understanding of the world and the adult body she occupies, and how this contributes to the novel.

Essay Topic 2

The author uses point of view as an important literary element to allow the reader to experience the story a certain way. Point of view may stay the same or change within a novel, or even within a chapter. Write an essay that defines all the the point-of-view characters, and how point of view is used. How does this type of point of view contribute to the novel? Is this a good or bad choice for this novel, or is the point of view that this story is told in optional? Why or why not? Provide examples to support your argument.

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 11, Annabel explains everything that her mother goes through in the past day. Write an essay that discusses the following:

Part 1: How does Annabel's mother spends her day as Annabel? What are Ellen's motives? Why does she not let Annabel in on the secret earlier?

Part 2: What are the revelations that her mother makes to her? What changes does Ellen initiate for Annabel? How does Annabel react to the revelations and changes?

Part 3: Was Ellen right to make the choices she did? Why or why not?

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