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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 sound does William Flying Horse hear that leads him to the unnamed woman?
2. What does Alex say his apparent health hides?
3. Where is the unnamed woman found lying in Chapter One?
4. What is Cassie's relationship with the head of her department like?
5. What country does Herb Silver place a call to, telling Jane's husband that she has been found?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do Cassie and Will's perceptions of Desperado differ and why does this matter?
2. Explain the importance of Nick LaRue in Chapter Seven.
3. What is Alex's relationship with his father like?
4. Why is Jane's recollection about discovering hand bones important?
5. How does Cassie make the decision to leave Alex in Chapter Nine?
6. What indications about Jane's relationship with her husband, Alex, are revealed in Chapter Three?
7. How does Cassie start to realize that Alex is attempting to control her life in Chapter Seven?
8. Describe the relationship between Alex and Ophelia.
9. What connections to both Alex and Will does Jane/Cassie show in Chapter Three.
10. Why does Will buy new furniture in Chapter Eight?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Memory and prejudice both play important roles in Picture Perfect.
1) Describe how the author uses prejudice to create feelings about certain characters in the novel.
2) Explain how memory or the lack thereof can help to create or reduce prejudice based on examples in the story.
3) Select a minor character from the novel (Connor, Dorothea, Ophelia...) and explain how memory and prejudice play out in the growth or development of that character and their role in the novel.
Essay Topic 2
Does Alex's fame enable him to be an abuser or make him more likely to abuse? Explain. Why does Cassie decide to expose Alex publicly at the end of the story? How does fame add to or take away from the challenges that Alex and Cassie face in the book?
Essay Topic 3
Explain how Cassie, Alex and Will each identify themselves within the world around them. Be sure to consider the venues they choose to live in, or not live in.
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