View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Blend Coffee?

2. What does Juliet learn about Sophia?

3. What kind of writing was being done at the workshop?

4. What does Juliet bump into at Powell's?

5. What does Melonie tell Juliet to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Maxine?

2. What does Juliet learn about Maxine and Harlowe's relationship when she meets Maxine?

3. Who is Phen?

4. Why does Juliet's mother not say goodbye to her?

5. Why does Phen leave?

6. Where does the narrator live?

7. Who does Juliet come out to?

8. Who is Zaira?

9. Why does Maxine get upset with Harlowe after the workshop?

10. Why does Juliet love libraries?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing the relationship between Kira and Juliet. What makes this relationship different from Juliet's relationship with Lainie? Use examples from the text as evidence for your argument.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring Juliet's relationship with Maxine. Who is Maxine, and what impact does she have on Juliet? Use examples from the text as evidence for your argument.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay explaining Juliet's experience at the Queer Clipperz party. What happens at this party, and in what ways does the experience empower Juliet, and make her feel ready to take on her challenges in Portland? Use examples from the text as evidence for your argument.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 467 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample