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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. When Sia is greeted by her friends in the beginning of Chapter 10, she notes that they repeat what phrase “as if they are the only three words in her vocabulary”?

2. What color are Kyle’s eyes described as in Chapter 18?

3. What food item does the stranger suggest that Sia get from the food truck in the beginning of Chapter 2?

4. What is the name of the neurologist that Sia is recommended to visit after she leaves the hospital in Chapter 7?

5. What does Sia pick up to use as a self-defense weapon before she falls asleep under the bridge in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What exchange takes place between Sia and Duke in Chapter 19? How do the onlookers respond?

2. What does Sia learn about her past behavior from the other characters at the bakery in Chapter 14? How does Sia respond to this information?

3. What encounter takes place when Sia and Carol are cleaning up in the bathroom in Chapter 5?

4. What danger does Sia encounter in Chapter 15? Who appears to intervene on Sia’s account?

5. What motivates Sia to ask John to take her to the soup kitchen in Chapter 13? How does John respond?

6. Where does Sia go to take shelter from the storm in the evening in Chapter 2? What does Sia find to use for self-defense?

7. What leads up to the conflict between Duke and Kyle in Chapter 18?

8. Who comes up to Sia to offer her “blankets” in Chapter 3? How is this character described?

9. Who are Sia’s friends that come to visit her in Chapter 10? How are they described?

10. How does the doctor at the hospital describe Sia’s condition and its cause in Chapter 7?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the condition of fugue amnesia. What are the causes, treatments and prognosis for this disorder? What treatment does the doctor suggest Sia undertake?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and analyze the character of Beatriz in Sia. How old is Beatriz? For how long has she worked for Sia’s family? Where is Beatriz from? How does Beatriz’s relationship with Sia develop in the story?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the setting of the Holloway Home in Beverly Hills, California. How big is the population of Beverly Hills? How are the homes here described? How does this setting contrast with the setting of the homeless encampment under the bridge?

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