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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. Where did the Richardson stay after the fire?

2. In Chapter 11, where did Mrs. Richardson learn that Pauline Hawthorne was born?

3. In Chapter 13, how often had Mia been out of Pennsylvania before she went to college?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 17, how long after the custody hearing had the judge not made a decision?

5. In Chapter 19, where did Bebe sit and watch the McCullough house?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Warren die in Chapter 14?

2. At the end of Chapter 20, what did Mrs. Richardson decide about Izzy?

3. In Chapter 18, how did Mrs. Richardson get information about abortions at the clinic?

4. In Chapter 12, what did Mrs. Richardson learn about Mia's brother?

5. In Chapter 19 what did Mia say to Izzy instead of good-bye?

6. In Chapter 14, what did Pauline give Mia before she died, and how did her gift help Mia?

7. At the end of Chapter 16, what did Mr. Richardson decide about rules?

8. When Mrs. Richardson asked Elizabeth Manwill for information, what did Elizabeth realize Elena had been doing?

9. At the beginning of Chapter 16, how was Bebe portrayed as the custody hearing began?

10. In Chapter 13, how did Mia first learn about photography?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Mia very carefully chose Pearl’s name. How did Mia choose Pearl’s name? What did the name symbolize?

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