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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 was Omar's prison sentence?

2. What clothing item did Thalia's roommate allegedly steal?

3. In the scenario Bodie imagines where Puja killed Thalia, how did the murder occur?

4. Why does Bodie laugh when she tells people about her father's death?

5. What caveat does Bodie give Britt about doing an interview with her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the prosecution's theory surrounding Thalia's death, and why did Bodie think it was ridiculous?

2. How did Bodie find out that Thalia had been killed?

3. Why did Bodie tell Thalia that Mr. Bloch's favorite soda was RC Cola?

4. Why is Britt's podcast titled She is Drowned?

5. Why did investigators start to believe that Thalia may have been using drugs?

6. Describe the video the narrator watches in Chapter 1.

7. How does Bodie describe Sheila Evans?

8. When she was in high school, how did Bodie differentiate between Granby and Indiana?

9. What kind of relationship does Bodie have with Yahav?

10. What did Bodie find out about Robbie when she searched for him online?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one character relationship to focus on, such as the relationship between Thalia and Bodie. Why is this relationship significant to the narrative? How does this relationship change over the course of the novel, and what does this mean?

Essay Topic 2

Assess the theme of trust in this novel. Who breaks Bodie's trust? Does she break her trust with others? What message about trust is explicit or implicitly expressed in this book?

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the course of the novel, Bodie begins to wonder if memories are as false as dreams. Assess this novel's depiction of memories. How accurate are memories in this novel? How do memories lead some characters astray? Choose at least two examples to focus on.

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