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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 Crawford's grandmother go to college?

2. What did Dr. Kerrow's tests indicate that Crawford had?

3. What book by Louise Erdrich did Crawford remember reading in English in Chapter 9?

4. In Chapter 6, where was the character Snowden injured with a death blow?

5. What was the name of the counselor to whom Crawford gave the file her father kept from the summer of 1991 about her assault?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Crawford discover on her runs in Chapter 8?

2. What did a therapist tell Crawford when she was in her mid-20s about how she broke her hand skiing over spring break?

3. Why was Crawford planning on attending Princeton in Chapter 6?

4. In Chapter 8, what did Crawford put in front of her dorm room door?

5. Why was Crawford not given help to sit the written exams for the Ferguson Scholarship?

6. In Chapter 6, who was Elise?

7. In the fall of 1990, when did Crawford return to school and why?

8. How did Crawford try to stay safe in Chapter 7?

9. Who was Ms. Radley?

10. In Chapter 7, who asked Crawford if anything happend with Rick Banner, and how did Crawford handle the question?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jed Lane was a Crawford family friend. How did Jed Lane make a sexual advance to Crawford? How was the incident handled? What is communicated about power and sexual assault?

Essay Topic 2

Imagery is a literary device authors use to describe something using the five senses to help readers experience what a character is experiencing. How does the author use imagery to help readers imagine the world she has created?

Essay Topic 3

Rose was the African American housekeeper who worked in Crawford’s grandparents’ home for more than 30 years. What was Rose’s relationship with the Crawfords? In what way was the relationship paternalistic?

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