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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 kind of festival did Kate and Dave have on Thursday?

2. What did Kate say Dave probably was doing?

3. What was going to be played at the evenings rehearsal?

4. What movie does David put in the DVD player?

5. What did Kate's mother call David?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Howie blush?

2. Why did Kate get so worked up about her mom coming for dinner on Saturday?

3. Why was David considering buying Kate three Porsches?

4. What made Kate furious?

5. Why did Elsie call Kate stupid?

6. Why did the word "disaster" hover at the forefront of Kate's mind in regards to dinner?

7. Why was it okay in David's mind to be tuned out?

8. Why did Kate consider David to be the enemy?

9. Why did Howie and Slik show up at David's house?

10. Why was Kate mad at David?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Janet Evanovich juxtaposes many different characters along side each other in her novels. What do you think is the purpose of such juxtaposition? How well do you think Kate and Dave are suited to each other? Grace and Michael? Elsie and Gus? Explain your answers.

Essay Topic 2

For what sort of reasons did Kate and Anatole's marriage fail? Why does Kate believe that Dave and her relationship will fail? Do you think this is an accurate assessment? Why or why not? What revelation does Kate have about her marriage to Anatole, and how does it affect her present relationship?

Essay Topic 3

What did the kitten Kate lost represent to her? What literary device is this? What did it mean to Kate when she had lost it? Do you think this is a normal reaction? Why or why not?

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