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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. Who was the first person to call bingo?

2. Where did Dave sit?

3. What move does Elsie make to help Kate?

4. What did Slik return with wrapped in a jacket?

5. What is the worst thing of all about having her mother over for dinner?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the difference between the way Dave held Kate and the way Anatole held her?

2. Why did Elsie call Kate stupid?

3. What made Kate feel more secure in her own home?

4. Why does David want to teach Kate how to play football?

5. In what ways did Kate feel like she had fallen down the rabbit hole?

6. What was the first thing that made Kate's heart flop for during the evening?

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

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

9. What was David making for dinner and who all was invited for dinner?

10. How did Dave feel about rattling Kate's composure every once in awhile.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Kate's passion say a lot about who she is? How can you tell about someone's personality by their interests? What can you tell? Describe a personality profile for Dave and for Kate based on what they like to do, and their jobs.

Essay Topic 2

Speculate on the point of the house across the street blowing up. What kind of affect do you think this has on the plot line? Do you think this affect could have been achieved in another manner? Explain how or why not.

Essay Topic 3

The author makes many allusions to popular comic book and cartoon characters. What does this say about the author's personality? Which character do you think the author would most identify with? Provide at least three reasons why you think this is the case.

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