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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 is Lorene's view about getting the man fired who molested her?

2. What is North Upper?

3. Why was Ricky Lockhart's visit a problem?

4. Who is Archibald Cox?

5. On what committee does Lorene sit, in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Ricky Lockhart's visit to St. Paul's.

2. Describe Lorene's workplace for the summer after her first year.

3. What is Lorene's relationship with Alma?

4. What happens to Lorene's mother's health at the end of Chapter 10?

5. What is Lorene's experience on the black ice?

6. Describe Lorene's campaign for student council.

7. What is Lorene looking forward to by the end of her first year?

8. Who are Annette and Grace?

9. What is Lorene's experience of drugs like?

10. Who is Ricky Lockhart, and how does Lorene describe him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is missing from this book? What should have been covered or presented that was not? What is the effect of this absence? Describe an element that ought to have been covered, and explain why it would have made the book stronger.

Essay Topic 2

How realistic is this book? What parts are not believable? What leaps of faith does the author require of you as a reader?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Lorene's scale of values: what is most important to her, and what is least important, and why? What does this tell us about her character?

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