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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 does the note say?

2. What is the statue of that Liz's mother gives her?

3. What does Sean believe is his only thing to live for?

4. Who is the note from at the end of Chapter 2?

5. Who does not approve of the dress in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. Compare and contrast Dennis and Sean.

2. Why does Liz want to go to the Red Pub Inn?

3. What are the contents of the memo at the end of Chapter 3?

4. Why does Liz berate Maggie?

5. Describe the high school setting in Chapter 1.

6. Why does Liz decide against having sex with Sean?

7. Why is the third person omniscient point of view helpful in the first chapter?

8. Why does Liz claim that her dates with Sean are no longer fun?

9. What does Maggie feel insecure about in Chapter 2?

10. Describe Liz's tough exterior versus her softer interior.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does foreshadowing play in the story? Consider the theme of suicide in Chapter 3 and the astrological readings that Liz fears. What do these events foreshadow? How does the reader know that these are elements of foreshadowing? How does foreshadowing build tension?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the two major relationships in the story: Maggie and Dennis, then Liz and Sean. How and why are the relationships so different? How does each relationship cause conflict? How do characters behave, grow, and develop as a result of the relationship?

Essay Topic 3

What role does peer pressure play in the novel? what message about peer pressure does the author wish to send? How do the characters cope with peer pressure? Do you think the author meant for the characters to serve as a model for peer pressure and the ideal way for teens to deal with it? Why or why not?

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