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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 Cassie recall Alex demanding for breakfast when he was filming Antony and Cleopatra?

2. What does Cassie find out that Alex always does for her in Chapter Seven?

3. Why does Alex fly into a rage at the restaurant, in Chapter Seven?

4. What best describes the success of Cassie's parents' business when she is a child in Maine?

5. How does Cassie's mother feel about snow?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Alex's wardrobe reduce Cassie to tears in Chapter Five?

2. What expectations does the Algonquin legend put in place for the novel?

3. What does Miranda represent in Chapter Seven?

4. Why is Cassie addicted to dime store romances and embarrassed by this?

5. Is William Flying Horse a trusting person?

6. Explain the importance of Nick LaRue in Chapter Seven.

7. Why is Jane's recollection about discovering hand bones important?

8. Describe Alex and Cassie's home in Bel-Air.

9. Discuss the importance of the movie that Alex is nominated for an award in.

10. How does Cassie start to realize that Alex is attempting to control her life in Chapter Seven?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Cassie, Alex and Will have all experienced shame. Compare and contrast the shame, its cause and how it is dealt with among these three characters. Of the three, decide who has dealt with his/her feelings of shame most effectively and why.

Essay Topic 2

Domestic abuse is not easy to deal with for anyone. If you were Ophelia or Will, how would deal with knowing that a good friend is being abused. Did each of them handle the situation correctly? Are there any other characters in the novel that could have or should have intervened? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

The symbolism of Alex having a hole in his heart is a very strong metaphor.

1) Use the movies that Alex chooses to star in to analyze this character's motives and goals.

2) Explain what would be lost from the novel if the scene at the pediatric hospital was not included.

3) How does Alex attempt to fill the hole in his heart?

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