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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What kind of damage to her room does George keep a secret from her father?
(a) Earthquake.
(b) Fire.
(c) Smoke.
(d) Water.
2. What objects had George's mother liked to keep until a particular Subvert project was done?
(a) Photographs.
(b) Staples.
(c) Pencil shavings.
(d) Paper trimmings.
3. In what way had George's mother reacted to George's confession?
(a) She laughed.
(b) She ran out of the room.
(c) She demanded an apology.
(d) She yelled.
4. What position does Mrs. Rock hold within George's secondary school?
(a) Secretary.
(b) Custodian.
(c) Counselor.
(d) Nurse.
5. In what city does George currently live with her father and her brother Henry?
(a) Nice.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) Madrid.
(d) Lisbon.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which piece of information did George's mother forget during their visit to the museum, causing George to want to look it up on her mother's phone?
2. To which character had George's mother compared the painting by Francesco, calling it "generous," "sardonic," and "friendly" (205)?
3. How many pounds had George's mother generally paid for one of George's ideas she wanted to use in a Subvert ad?
4. George's mother had told George about a female Renaissance painter with what name?
5. George had been shocked to learn that her mother had once been kissed by whom?
Short Essay Questions
1. What piece of information did George's mother forget during their time in Italy and why did this event upset George?
2. What is the main method George's father uses to cope with the trauma of losing his wife?
3. What is the significance of the record album entitled Tell Laura I Love Her?
4. What is the significance of George's shift away from considering a particular element of language to be very important?
5. How did George's mother react to George's confession about Lisa?
6. In what ritual does George begin to engage while sitting in her garden each day?
7. What kinds of conflicts have been revealed so far within the text? Give a brief example of at least two conflicts unfolding at the center of the text.
8. What irony does George note about her father's profession?
9. What does the shopping cart within the narrative represent in the scene at "the car park" (231)?
10. What does George tell her father after he discovers her in the garden engaging in her daily ritual?
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