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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. Which of the following sits next to Erv as the Rileys watch television?

2. At what age does Doodle note having had her first kiss?

3. What appears on the shirt of the girl advocating for IUDs?

4. What recommendation does the Seek-Her give Freddy?

5. What color is the hand that presents itself to Freddy as she approaches the Seek-Her’s room?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the circumstances Doodle relates about her first kiss?

2. What reaction do Freddy’s friends have to her drinking schnapps outside the Valentine’s Day dance?

3. What does Freddy posit Anna Vice might be when asking for her help initially?

4. What boast does Dan make to Erv at the bowling alley?

5. Freddy texts Laura after the Valentine’s Day dance. What is Laura’s response (20)?

6. After leaving the diner the morning after the Valentine’s Day dance, Doodle offers comfort to Freddy. What does she say to note that things could be worse?

7. Describe Freddy’s dress at the Valentine’s Day dance.

8. What are the circumstances Buddy relates about his first kiss?

9. What are the related circumstances of Freddy’s first kiss?

10. Why does one of Freddy’s classmates object to the description of Harvey Milk as “homosexual” (31)?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What model of motherhood does Freddy’s mother provide in the graphic novel? Is it one of which the work approves? What in the graphic novel indicates as much, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

Explicate the family dynamic among Freddy’s family.

Essay Topic 3

The focal characters of the graphic novel are lesbians or engage in lesbian relationships. How would the story be obliged to change were it to focus instead on homosexual young men or young men who engage in homosexual relationships? Why would it change in those ways?

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