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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 is the note from at the end of Chapter 2?

2. What does Sean buy in Chapter 3 before a date?

3. What is the name of Sean's father?

4. What is the name of the event mentioned in Chapter 6?

5. What is the name of the tribe in the move in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Maggie's loyalty to Liz.

2. What does Maggie feel insecure about in Chapter 2?

3. What is the disparity in the definitions of love between the characters in the story?

4. Describe Liz's tough exterior versus her softer interior.

5. Why does Liz decide against having sex with Sean?

6. What foreshadowing is present in Chapter 3?

7. Why is Liz uncomfortable around her stepfather? How is it shown that this affects her?

8. On her date with Dennis in Chapter 3, what does Maggie hope?

9. How does Liz try to improve her relationship with her parents?

10. Why does Liz claim that her dates with Sean are no longer fun?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does peer pressure play in the novel? what message about peer pressure does the author wish to send? How do the characters cope with peer pressure? Do you think the author meant for the characters to serve as a model for peer pressure and the ideal way for teens to deal with it? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the protagonist and antagonist in the story. How does the antagonist create conflict? How does the protagonist attempt to solve conflict?

Essay Topic 3

In what ways are blind loyalty demonstrated in the story? Which characters are loyal? What consequences will be faced by the fiercely loyal characters and why?

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