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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 type of jewelry does Peggy Jean's program sell?

2. In Chapter Five, what is Nikki doing when John sees her?

3. With which singer does Peggy Jean host a show?

4. With which female host is Howard having an affair with?

5. Peggy Jean receives an e-mail from a fan commenting about which body part?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Leigh share Howard's personal information during her live jewelry broadcast?

2. What is significant about the gift that Eliot sends to Bebe after their first date?

3. After her time in rehab, what type of volunteer work does Peggy Jean start doing and why is this significant?

4. What is the impression that you have of shopping television networks after reading the first six chapters?

5. Why do you think Bebe shops so much?

6. How does Peggy Jean respond the first two times to the sender of the critical e-mails?

7. What reason does Ricky give to Peggy Jean for having pretended to be Zoe?

8. Why is Leigh upset to see Howard at the Chinese restaurant when she goes to pick up food for her evening with Max?

9. Why does Peggy Jean become self-conscious about her ear?

10. What does Adam tell Max about his job cleaning hotel rooms?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Peggy Jean is not the only mother mentioned in the book. Don discusses his mother, as does Max. How are these mothers, as well as others, characterized?

Essay Topic 2

How does Peggy Jean treat her family for the majority of the novel? What are her expectations and requirements of them, and how do they respond to her?

Essay Topic 3

How does the author employ irony in the novel? Is it used effectively, ineffectively, or both?

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