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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 do Norman and his guests play after Spin the Bottle?

2. What foods are served at the party?

3. How does Margaret get out of spending time with her parents, grandmother and Mr. Binamin?

4. How does Mrs. Simon know about the What Every Girl Should Know presentation?

5. What does Paul Hutchins call his wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Mrs. Fishbein's impression of Norman's class?

2. How does Margaret know the invitation is not from a friend from New York or camp?

3. Why does Margaret rip Nancy's postcard to tiny shreds?

4. Why does Margaret only turn in a letter for her project, while her classmates turn in booklets?

5. Why does Margaret want to buy a box of sanitary napkins in Chapter 22?

6. Describe how the students are dressed at Norman's party.

7. Why does Laura Danker call Margaret a liar and a pig?

8. Why does Margaret say her grandmother is almost as bad as everyone else?

9. What does Margaret discover about Nancy in the Steak Place restroom?

10. Why does Mrs. Simon's mother think Margaret is a Christian?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is a club like a religion? How are they different? How do these organizations give one a sense of belonging?

Essay Topic 2

How does Margaret show maturity as she explores her spirituality? In what ways does Margaret still need to grow?

Essay Topic 3

How do the parents influence their children in the novel? How do their actions help or hurt their children as they go through adolescence?

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