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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. In Chapter 11, where did Mrs. Richardson learn that Pauline Hawthorne was born?
2. Where did the Richardson stay after the fire?
3. In Chapter 18, where did Mrs. Richardson remind Elizabeth Manwill that Elizabeth met Derrick?
4. In Chapter 19, what time did Izzy come to Pearl and Mia's place?
5. In Chapter 12, who did Lexie take with her to get an abortion?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Moody find out about Trip and Pearl in Chapter 17?
2. In Chapter 15, what did Richardson think she would have done if she had been in Mia's situation?
3. When Mia talked about Bebe getting her baby back, what did Mia tell Lexie?
4. In Chapter 19, what did Pearl say about seeing the Ryans or her grandparents?
5. In Chapter 17 what did Pearl and Moody say about Trip, and how were they both right?
6. At the beginning of Chapter 16, how was Bebe portrayed as the custody hearing began?
7. In Chapter 19 what did Mia say to Izzy instead of good-bye?
8. When Mrs. Richardson asked Elizabeth Manwill for information, what did Elizabeth realize Elena had been doing?
9. In Chapter 11, why did Mrs. Richardson invite Pearl to a brunch to celebrate Lexie's acceptance into Yale?
10. At the end of Chapter 18, why did Mrs. Richardson tell Mia to leave?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Mrs. Richardson lied during some of her investigation of Mia’s life. What methods did Mrs. Richardson use to get the information she wanted on Mia? How did desperation lead her to use non-ethical journalistic tactics? How was her investigation tainted by the methods she used?
Essay Topic 2
The novel is told from a third-person omniscient point of view. How does the point of view help readers understand characters? How does the point of view influence the story and how readers identify with characters?
Essay Topic 3
Mia very carefully chose Pearl’s name. How did Mia choose Pearl’s name? What did the name symbolize?
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