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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 gets the winner's ribbons for the mother's race in Chapter 26?

2. How old was Celeste when she met Perry?

3. What does Celeste give Madeline for her birthday?

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

5. In Chapter 3, when does Jane say that she is moving?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Blue Blues cafe like?

2. In Chapter 14, how does Madeline remember meeting Celeste?

3. In Chapter 28, why does Madeline tell Abigail that she can take her four-poster bed?

4. In Chapter 35, who is Tom and what do he and Jane do when they meet at the Blue Blues?

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

6. In Chapter 18, what does Madeline remember about how Nathan left her and Abigail?

7. Why does Miss Barnes call Jane in Chapter 41, and what does she tell Jane?

8. In Chapter 27, what does Samantha say about the demographics of Pirriwee Beach?

9. In Chapter 13, what does Celeste remember happened when she and Perry went to a marriage counselor two years ago?

10. How is Madeline described in Chapter 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Although Madeline wins the mother’s race, she says that Bonnie has won. Why does Madeline say that Bonnie won? What is Madeline referring to other than the race when she says that Bonnie has won “fair and square”? (161)

Essay Topic 2

Madeline gets tickets to a Disney on Ice show. How is Madeline’s decision to get the tickets and share them with other kindergarten parents an action of revenge? Why does Madeline feel that she needs to get even with Renata?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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