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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 does Weetzie work as a waitress?

2. What does Grandma Fifi use as an analogy for love in speaking with Dirk and Weetzie Bat?

3. What does My Secret Agent Lover Man order in Weetzie Bat's cafe?

4. What is the only death up until Part II that Weetzie Bat had dealt with?

5. Who is Jah-Love's partner?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Valentine Jah-Love tell Weetzie Bat about Jamaica?

2. Where do Weetzie Bat and Dirk go when they need comfort and care, and why?

3. What frustrates Weetzie Bat about her high school classmates?

4. Why are Weetzie Bat and Dirk initially attracted to each other?

5. Why does Dirk tell Weetzie Bat not to see Buzz again?

6. What kind of experiences does Weetzie Bat have, in general, with Ducks in Part I?

7. Why do you think Weetzie Bat is so suspicious of My Secret Agent Lover Man at first?

8. What does Grandma Fifi give to Weetzie Bat as a gift, and what does she do with it?

9. What kind of relationship does Weetzie Bat have with her father Charlie Bat?

10. What does Dirk like so much about Duck?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Block treat the topic of non-traditional families throughout this novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What factors/feelings do you think drive Weetzie Bat's desire to have a baby, so much so that she deceives My Secret Agent Lover Man in order to achieve this aim? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Why does Weetzie Bat say she wears her Indian headdress and clothes? What does Weetzie's choice of clothing tell the reader early on in the novel about her personality? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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