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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. How many children are in Miss Barnes' kindergarten class?

2. In Chapter 13, where will Perry be going?

3. In Chapter 25, what color is the sea described as?

4. What does Madeleine want Ed to order for her in Chapter 19?

5. In Chapter 31, when Jane told how she met Saxon how long had it been since Zach broke up with her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the principal, Mrs. Lipmann, ask Jane to meet with her in Chapter 36?

2. What happens at the end of the mother's race in Chapter 27?

3. In Chapter 23, how does Madeline create a rift between herself and Renata?

4. Why does Madeline think there should be a law that ex-husbands had to live in different suburbs in Chapter 24?

5. What does Madeline learn when she searches for the name Saxon Banks on the internet?

6. How is Madeline described in Chapter 3?

7. Why does Madeline struggle with Abigail's weekend visits in Chapter 37?

8. In Chapter 1, where does Mrs. Ponder live and why?

9. In Chapter 29, what happens when Jane realizes that Ziggy's family tree project is due the next day?

10. In Chapter 33, what does the counselor tell Celeste?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Both Jane and Celeste feel like they are partially responsible for the abuse they have suffered. Why do the women feel that they are partially responsible for being abused? What does Celeste’s therapist say about victims not being to blame for their attackers' actions?

Essay Topic 3

From the accusations that Ziggy is a bully to Celeste’s first opinion of Jane, there are many times when false assumptions are made about characters. What problems do characters experience because of false assumptions?

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