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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. Where was Ann when she went missing?

2. How does Amma introduce Camille to her set of friends in Chapter 5?

3. What is Camille focused on as she talks to Curry in Chapter 1?

4. What does Adora wear to the funeral?

5. What happened to Camille the summer she turns 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Camille leave the Nash home at the end of Chapter 6?

2. How was Ann Nash's body found?

3. How does Camille describe Alan?

4. What does Adora reprimand Camille about in Chapter 3?

5. What is the nature of the relationship between Curry and Camille?

6. In Chapter 6, Camille talks to the Nashs about Ann. How do they describe her?

7. What are the reasons why Camille gives for taking baths instead of showers?

8. In Chapter 6, Adora's friends reveal information about Amma's reputation. What is Amma's reputation?

9. How does Amma treat the girls in her group?

10. Who is Allen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the relationship between Camille and John Keene. How are these characters similar and different? What draws them to one another?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze Marian's death. What impact did it have on Camille? How did it change her as a character?

Essay Topic 3

How is sexual violence used as a metaphor for power and pain in the text? Look at the different characters who inflict - as well as are victims of - this violence.

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