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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 Ford stop doing in Chapter 24?

2. In Chapter 24, why do Brett and Ford break up?

3. Who continues to harass Ford in Chapter 17?

4. In Chapter 14, what book does Ford love?

5. What does one of Ford's teachers begin giving her every day?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ford's father say when she sings for him on her visit to him in prison in Chapter 14?

2. In Chapter 22, why and how does Ford feel different from a lot of her college classmates?

3. How does Ford find out how little her mother was raising four children on?

4. What event makes Ford's mother frantic in Chapter 13 because of her fear of Allen?

5. How does Ford feel when Bradley says he might be moving away in Chapter 15?

6. How does Ford begin to take more interest in makeup and clothes in Chapter 25?

7. How does Bradley treat Ford at first?

8. In Chapter 16, how does Ford change her behavior in order to try to feel safe again?

9. Why and how do Brett and Ford grow apart when they go to college?

10. How does Mr. Martin help Ford in Chapter 16?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what ways does Ford attempt to please and appease her mother when she is a young child growing up? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Why does Ford choose not to tell her mother - or anyone, for that matter - about her rape as a young girl? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

At the end of the memoir, how does Ford describe the evolution of her relationship with her mother? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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