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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. In which country did Taddeo's mother work and live as a young woman outside of the U.S.?

2. What is the last name of Aaron Knodel's defense lawyer?

3. Which woman did Sloane have her first homosexual experiences with in college?

4. Where does Lina live, according to the Prologue?

5. Who is Maggie's brother-in-law who she visits in Hawaii during high school, along with her sister?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Maggie react when she is demoted from varsity to JV soccer in high school?

2. What does Maggie do in Hawaii that changes how her family views her when she gets back from the trip?

3. What does Lina tell her support group that she thinks created her emotional loneliness?

4. Why does Maggie dress and do her makeup carefully as she prepares for her first day attending the trial of Aaron Knodel?

5. In Part I, what does 15 year-old Lina want more than anything else?

6. Why do Sloane and Richard decide to start their own restaurant in Newport?

7. What does Lina sometimes find herself asking Ed to try to make up for her husband's emotional and physical detachment?

8. What do some people think is Maggie's motivation for accusing Aaron Knodel of a crime?

9. What does the therapist Lina and Ed go to tell them both that frustrates Lina and makes her feel terrible?

10. How does Sloane's and Richard's first threesome come about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the reasons Sloane is sometimes convinced that her and her husband's sexual preferences and tastes are unsavory to most other people? What are some of Sloane's primary worries and anxieties about the sexual activities she and Richard regularly engage in?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing how Lina understands, and begins to deal with, her rape by several high school boys. How does Lina's perspective on this assault change as she grows from an adolescent into an adult? Cite specific references to the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

As Lina's relationship with Aidan continues and she more formally separates from her husband, Ed, how do Lina's feelings about how Aidan treats her - as if she is expendable - evolve? Is Lina likely to ever break things off with Aidan? Why or why not? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to support them.

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