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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. In Chapter 31 when Jane remembered going to Saxon's room, what did they drink?
2. What does Madeline have before her book club in Chapter 40?
3. How many tennis balls did Madeline's son Fred retrieve from the roof of the music room?
4. What color are Ziggy's eyes?
5. After Zach broke up with Jane, what did she buy herself because she deserved it?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 40, what is going around the school, and who started it?
2. In Chapter 23, how does Madeline create a rift between herself and Renata?
3. In Chapter 11, how does Melissa describe seeing Celeste, Perry, and the twins on the beach during school holidays?
4. In Chapter 13, what does Celeste remember happened when she and Perry went to a marriage counselor two years ago?
5. What does Celeste remember about the first time that Perry hit her?
6. In Chapter 12, how does Bonnie describe Abigail and how she and Madeline are working together?
7. Why does the principal, Mrs. Lipmann, ask Jane to meet with her in Chapter 36?
8. Why does Madeline think there should be a law that ex-husbands had to live in different suburbs in Chapter 24?
9. How does Madeline twist her ankle in Chapter 2?
10. How is Madeline described in Chapter 3?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Jane suffers from feelings of inferiority. What happened that made Jane feel inferior? How did that incident influence Jane’s behavior and personality in a negative way?
Essay Topic 2
Someone is bullying girls in the kindergarten class. Why is Ziggy accused of the bullying, and why does he not tell everyone who the bully is?
Essay Topic 3
In the novel, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the story line? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?
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