1. The novel emphasizes Marcy's identity. Using examples and incidents from the story, trace the different stages of her identity development.

2. Marcy likes to think of her life as a story and the people she knows as characters in her story. Discuss the effect of Marcy's acquaintances on her life and show how each contributes to its "plot."

3. Characters may be considered "flat" or "rounded" according to whether they undergo any changes from the beginning to the end of a story. Do you think Marcy, Ted, and Ginger are flat or rounded characters?

Use examples from the book to support your ideas.

4. What will happen to Marcy and Ted after the end of the novel is unclear. Discuss the different possibilities for their relationship, based on what you know of the different aspects of their characters.