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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 do Alix and Kelley go to talk in Chapter 21?

2. What does Catherine do as soon as she gets back to her house from New York City?

3. Who tends to Briar on Thanksgiving first, before anyone else?

4. Why is Emira annoyed with Mrs. Chamberlain in Chapter 10?

5. What does Shaunie suggest for Emira to take over from her?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Emira come to believe that Kelley leaked the video?

2. What happens at Thanksgiving dinner that highlights Emira's attention to Briar and Alix's neglect of Briar?

3. What does Emira seem to think of Tamra's overtures to her about her hair at Thanksgiving?

4. What important information does Kelley reveal at Thanksgiving about how he and Emira met?

5. In Chapter 10, what news does Shaunie share that makes Emira feel bad?

6. In Chapter 19, what does Alix do as soon as Thanksgiving dinner is over?

7. In Chapter 19, how does Tamra describe Kelley's supposed preference for dating only Black women?

8. Why does Alix leak the video of Emira and the security guard to the media?

9. In Chapter 21, why does Alix call Laney Thacker?

10. How does Alix react when she realizes that Kelley Copeland is Emira's boyfriend?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How would you characterize Alix's feelings about Emira, and how do they change over the course of the novel? Why do her feelings toward Emira change?

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think Reid waits until the novel's close to reveal that Alix's grudge against Kelley Copeland is almost entirely unjustified? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What are some assumptions Tamra seems to make about Emira at the Chamberlain Thanksgiving dinner that Emira is uncomfortable with? How does Emira react to some of Tamra's suggestions and overtures? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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