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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. Where was Bex shot?

2. How much did Izzy remember that the meal cost when Parker's parents took them out to eat?

3. How long had Izzy and Parker been going together?

4. What was the name of the woman at George's church who had an abortion?

5. What did Wren do to a boy who told her when she was four that he wanted to make babies with her?

Short Essay Questions

1. How had Aunt Bex been a mother to Wren?

2. When Wren was in middle school, what would Hugh pack in her lunches?

3. What were George's thoughts about Lil having an abortion as he sat in the parking lot at the Center?

4. Who was a witness to the first shootings and escaped the clinic?

5. How did Hugh describe fatherhood?

6. Why did Wren punch at boy when she was four, and what did her father do about it?

7. Why did Bex change her mind about going into the Center with Wren?

8. What happened when Janine confessed to being pro-choice?

9. How did Bex feel at one p.m.?

10. What are the bad things and the good thing that Joy considers as she sits in the waiting room with the other hostages?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Olive takes a bullet for Wren. What type of person is Olive? Why does she take a bullet intended for Wren? What does her character reveal about sacrifice?

Essay Topic 2

Hugh and George are both single fathers who love their daughters very much. What do George and Hugh have in common? What makes them different? How have experiences made the men who they are?

Essay Topic 3

The author shares several parent/child relationships in the novel. What are some examples of parent/child relationships in the novel? How does the author use parent/child relationships to explore the different forms that those relationships can take?

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