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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. At the beginning of Chapter 25, how many tennis rackets does Claire break?

2. What did it used to take for Lydia to be thin?

3. What did Claire's father do for a living?

4. What was the sheriff's theory about what happened to Julia?

5. What does Claire think Sam used to end his life?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Dee different from the other students at Westerly Academy?

2. Why did Claire assault Allison Hendrickson?

3. What is known about Julia's last hours?

4. What does the man look like who robs Claire and Paul in the alley?

5. Why does Captain Mayhew say that the videos Claire finds are fake?

6. What does Claire remember about the earrings she is wearing when she and Paul are robbed?

7. What does Claire tell Lydia about files Paul was keeping on women?

8. What composite drawing do the police release in Chapter 6?

9. What happens after the robber takes Claire and Paul's valuables?

10. What was Claire's punishment for hitting Allison?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What points of view are used in Pretty Girls? How do these points of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does changing the point of view help readers connect with and understand the characters?

Essay Topic 2

Slaughter uses backstories, exposition, and flashbacks to reveal information about events that happened before the story begins. How and why does the author use backstories, exposition, and flashbacks to reveal information about the past?

Essay Topic 3

The climax in a novel is the highest point of tension and a turning point. What is the climax of Pretty Girls and why is that incident the climax?

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