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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 did George hold with his gun to their forhead while Izzy ran to get supplies to treat Bex?

2. How old did Wren think the magazines were at the Center?

3. What was the name of the Center owner?

4. Where was Bex shot?

5. What was the name of the nurse practitioner that Olive regularly saw at the clinic?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Olive at the Center?

2. What had Wren learned last week when she was listening to NPR in Aunt Bex's studio?

3. What were problems that Izzy was able to solve?

4. Why did Vonita create the Center?

5. What did Izzy do when George told her to move away from Louie?

6. What was going on when Hugh walked into the police department?

7. What story did Louie tell Joy?

8. What happened when Beth's father found out about her abortion?

9. What music did Joy listen to while she was in the recovery room and why?

10. What were the risks of having the tourniquet that Izzy placed on Dr. Ward?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

On television, information is presented about George’s discharge from the military. What is the official version for George’s discharge from the military? What is George’s story about his dismissal? What is revealed about there being two sides to every story?

Essay Topic 3

Before the scenes with the standoff, the author shares the ordinary things in characters’ lives. Why does the author focus on the ordinariness of life? Why are the ordinary things in live so important?

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