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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 did Brooke and Grant climb three months after they started dating?

2. In Chapter 8, how long has it been since Grant moved out?

3. How many signed tennis balls does Stan have in his tennis ball collection?

4. In Chapter 15, how long has Troy been divorced?

5. In Chapter 10, what fabric does Christina think Ethan's shirt is made of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Brooke driving on Father's Day, and what problems does she have with it?

2. Why was Joy and Stan's trip to Wimbledon a disappointment?

3. Why did the topic of Christina's cynicism come up with Nico?

4. What conversation are the Delaney siblings having about their mother in Chapter 1?

5. Why did Joy make plans to leave Stan after Brooke graduated from high school and then change her mind?

6. How does Savannah end up at Joy and Stan's house?

7. What is Brooke's office like?

8. What does Christina tell Amy her father did with the car the day after her mother went missing?

9. Why did Joy put off telling Brooke about Savannah?

10. Why did Brooke decide to become a physiotherapist?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Joy knows the faces her children present to the world are different from who they actually are. How does Joy realizes that the faces her children present to the world are different from who they actually are? What facades do the children present to the world?

Essay Topic 2

Brooke has had migraines since she was a child. What conflict does Brooke have with her mother because of them and why?

Essay Topic 3

In media res is the technique of beginning a story with a pivotal point or a situation that is the end to a series of events. Where does Moriarity begin the story? How does she plunge into the story without an explanation? How does beginning the story in the middle of the action affect the plot and affect readers?

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