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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. Who emerges from a hiking trail as Emma and Garrett are talking?

2. About what does Gabby express displeasure?

3. What does Sutton indicate in an entry two days before the video Travis shows Emma?

4. What warning is given to Emma in the dream?

5. What happens to Sutton after she is taken from the trunk of the car?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Emma and Garrett do and how does Emma discomfit Garrett momentarily?

2. What does Emma figure Laurel could have done as far as luring Emma there and the note on Sutton's car?

3. What does Becky say to Emma in a dream and what happens when Emma wakes from the dream?

4. Why does Emma invite Madeline to the spa and what do the two talk about?

5. Why does Emma tell Ethan the whole story about her being there?

6. How does Emma have a threatening encounter?

7. Who arrives to chat with Garrett and Emma and what do Emma and Sutton both think about the visitor?

8. What game do the girls play and what does Emma realize?

9. Describe the video Emma finds when Charlotte, Madeline and Laurel are choking Sutton.

10. What does Sutton feel at the birthday party?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are a number of interesting questions raised by The Lying Game. Questions that Shepard most likely want readers to consider and think through carefully. Discuss the following:

1. What does the term "author agenda" mean?

2. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the Shepard' agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Shepard' probable agenda concerning that idea.

3. Do you think writers who have an agenda for writing should point it out in a preface?

4. How often do you think fiction is written with a clear agenda in mind by the author?

5. Research the life of Shepard and see if/where his life may have influenced his writing.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following:

1. Trace and analyze the theme of peer pressure in The Lying Game. Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with growth? Why? What are some symbols of growth? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid?

2. Trace and analyze the theme of integrity in The Lying Game. Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess courage? Why?

3. Trace and analyze the theme of death in The Lying Game. Consider not just physical death but change as death.

Essay Topic 3

The Lying Game belongs to the mystery/thriller genre. Discuss the following:

1. Define the literary term "genre" and give several examples of three other genres in addition to the mystery/thriller genre.

2. Discuss two reasons why it might be useful to label a text by genre and two reasons it might be disadvantageous to label a text by genre.

3. What do you think is the difference between a mystery/thriller and a historical novel?

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