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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 Emma keep thinking about concerning Laurel?
2. What does Sutton want Emma to do once Emma has Sutton's notebook?
3. For what does Emma use the time with Garrett?
4. What does Madeline say Sutton tends to do?
5. What does the voice say to Emma when she is held fast in the kitchen?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Emma find as she searches Laurel's computer and how does Sutton react?
2. Why does Emma go to the bathroom and why does Sutton feel badly for Emma?
3. Why are Emma and Sutton both upset when Emma arrives back to the Mercer house?
4. Describe the video Emma finds when Charlotte, Madeline and Laurel are choking Sutton.
5. What other things could Laurel know that might implicate her in Sutton's death?
6. Why does Garrett become angry with Emma at the party?
7. How does Nisha try to humiliate Sutton?
8. What does Emma think about in class concerning the photo of Laurel?
9. What are the rules of the lying game?
10. What theory do Emma and Sutton derive from Laurel's reaction to the note?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Characters are an integral and important part of almost all novels. Discuss the following:
1. Compare/contrast the characters of Emma and Sutton. How are they similar? How are they different? Is there a flaw in each of their personalities? Be specific and give examples.
2. Compare/contrast the characters of Garrett and Ethan. How do they seem different? Which do you like more? Why? Which one seems more of a well-rounded character?
3. Thoroughly analyze how three of the secondary characters in The Lying Game help drive the plot and what their contribution is to the storyline. Are any of the secondary characters unnecessary? Indispensable? Which of the secondary characters are likable? Which are either unlikable or even despicable? Be specific and give examples.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Emma holds to the hope that she and Sutton will have a wonderful reunion and that they'll become close. Emma has felt an emptiness because of the lack of personal long-term connections in her life. She has put a great deal of hope into the idea that Sutton will fill that gap.
1. Discuss Sutton and her habits and personality as to how you think a reunion between Sutton and Emma would be. Use examples from your own life and the book to support your answer.
2. Discuss what you know of Emma's life and why she might feel as she does in the above statement. Use examples from your own life and the book to support your answer.
3. From what is seen of Emma's life before she goes to Tucson discuss what some of the problems are with the foster care system and how you think being in foster care may have affected Emma. Use examples from your own life and the book to support your answer.
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