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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 boy does Jas like?

2. What type of lessons does Jackie's friend Peter Dyer offer?

3. What is Georgia doing when she talks to Robbie in the September chapter?

4. Why does Georgia feel like she has become a woman at the beginning of the October chapter?

5. What does Georgia give Libby for St. Nicholas Day?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Georgia learn about happiness from an article she read in her mother's Cosmo?

2. How does Georgia cheer Jas up?

3. Why isn't Georgia enthusiastic about the party she and Jas will be attending?

4. What is the real reason that Jas won't eat or get out of bed?

5. Why is Georgia worried after she and Jas measure themselves?

6. Who is Lindsay?

7. Why is Georgia irritated with Jas at school, after Katie's party?

8. Why does Mark tell Georgia he can't see her anymore?

9. Why do Georgia and her friends get in trouble with Slim at the end of the October chapter?

10. What announcement does Slim make at the beginning of the December chapter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Georgia has a difficult time at school -- she dislikes some of her classmates, and has problems with many of her teachers. How does Georgia handle the problems she has at school? Are the problems she has universal, or do they appear to be exclusive to the situation of a teenage girl attending an upscale, girls-only school? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 2

Angus is in the novel's title, and plays a significant role throughout the course of the novel. Why is he so significant? What is his relationship to Georgia? Why did she choose to have such a difficult and wild pet? In what ways does she identify with Angus? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the relationship between Georgia and her mother. How does Georgia feel about her mother? What does she dislike about her? Does she trust her mother for advice? Why does Georgia prefer to consult her mother's books and magazines, instead of looking to her mother for answers to her questions? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

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