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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 is the name of Maren's first babysitter?

2. Why does Barry's ex-girlfriend come knocking at the door?

3. What is the only thing that can fill Maren's second type hunger?

4. What is the first thing that Maren says to Sully?

5. Who waves at Maren when she is on the bus with Mrs. Harmon?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Janelle tell Maren to "please be good" and not leave the coatroom at her company's Christmas party?

2. In Chapter 1, what is the thing that finally makes Maren's mom "see" that Maren ate someone?

3. How does Lee initially find out that Maren eats people?

4. Why does Maren go home with Mrs. Harmon?

5. When Lee looks inside Maren's bag after their driving lesson, he finds some books that do not belong to Maren. Who do they belong to?

6. How does Maren first find out her father's name?

7. In Chapter 1, why does Maren think that she has an earache? Who does she think came to her in her dream?

8. What do Lee and Maren talk about while they are lying on Barry Cook's water bed?

9. Why is Maren not in danger of being eaten by Sully?

10. In Chapter 1, what is the social worker suspicious of in regard to Maren's mom? Why does the social worker want to talk to Maren's mom?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role do fairytales and myths play in the story? Do you think Bones and All could be considered a type of fairytale? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

What are the different family dynamics that Maren has compared to Lee? Consider Maren relationship with her mom and dad as compared to Lee's relationship with his mom and dad.

Essay Topic 3

What is Maren's experience of friendship? Why is she unable to maintain a friendship with a boy? Do the boys that Maren meets really want friendship? Is friendship what Maren wants? Do you think Maren would have eaten all those boys if all they truly wanted was friendship?

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