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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 Addy know about the peanut oil?

2. Why does Jake punch TJ?

3. How does Nate's mom show she is trying in Part 3?

4. How long has Nate's mom been sober in Part 3?

5. What arrives at school in Part 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Addy cut off her hair?

2. What is revealed about Maeve?

3. What is Bronwyn's Dante's Inferno allusion?

4. How is Bronwyn being implicated?

5. Why does Bronwyn return to the police station?

6. Why is Keely a common thread in the mystery?

7. How does Cooper escape the gym?

8. Why does Cooper break up with Keely?

9. What does Maeve discover when she goes on Simon's admin board?

10. What baseball strategy backfires for Cooper?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Each of the students knows their hidden secret that is on Simon's About That app, except for Cooper. How does the author use foreshadowing to make the reader guess about Cooper's other potential secrets? Is this an effective strategy or a wild goose chase? Explain why the author uses this technique and how it relates to mystery.

Essay Topic 2

Addy's mom expects Addy and her sister to attract and keep men. What does Addy's mom communicate, either verbally or nonverbally, to her daughters about relationships? How is Addy influenced by her mom? What is the author trying to convey about Addy's upbringing?

Essay Topic 3

Book reviewers have related the program Pretty Little Liars to this novel. Write a persuasive essay in which you argue for One of Us Is Lying to become a television show. Include a breakdown of how you would convert the book to a script.

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