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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 type of music did Annabelle hate?

2. What are the names of Captain Quandt's kids?

3. How old was Lil when she started doing her own hair?

4. How far was Beth in her pregnancy when she took pills to cause a medication abortion?

5. How old was Wren when her grandmother died?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has caused places like the Center to go out of business?

2. Why did Louie Ward become an obstetrician?

3. What was Joy told about the costs of an abortion?

4. What did Izzy remember about being poor?

5. What did George's pastor have to say about him?

6. What happened when George Goddard was five?

7. What is said about Bex's work?

8. What does George do after he lets Wren go?

9. Why was Beth under arrest in a hospital?

10. What did Olive do when George shot at Wren and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hugh might be considered a hero for ending the standoff. Why does Wren think her father is a hero at the standoff and in life? What does Wren understand about heroes? What does the author imply makes a hero?

Essay Topic 2

Wren is raised by her father. Who does Wren turn to when there is a crisis? What does Wren think of her father? What does he think of her? Why does Wren think she is lucky to have her father? How would you describe the relationship between Hugh and Wren and why is it unusual?

Essay Topic 3

Wren thinks of herself as a woman when she decides to have sex and get birth control. In what ways is Wren still a little girl? How does Wren realize what makes an adult? Why does she realize it is not sex? What does she realize makes an adult?

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