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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 does Janelle's boss' son show Maren in his room?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 6, what does Maren try to do while Lee is out giving his sister a driving lesson?

3. Where do Lee and Maren stay the night after leaving the Walmart?

4. What does Maren tell Lee her reason is for wanting to go to Minnesota?

5. What does Maren discover about about Mrs. Harmon after she wakes up from her first nap?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where does Maren think that Janelle (Maren's mom) wants Maren to go after she finds the envelope from her mom?

3. What does Lee find when he opens Maren's journal when they arrive at Lee's aunt's house?

4. How is it that Maren can be friends with Sully without Sully being in danger of being eaten?

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

6. 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?

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

8. What does Maren do when she finds her maternal grandparent's house? Does she talk to her mom?

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

10. What happens to Mrs. Harmon when she lies down for a nap? Why is Sully waiting for this to happen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is Lee able to maintain a friendship with Maren? Does it help that Lee knows that Maren is an "eater"? How does this information help Lee and Maren maintain their friendship?

Essay Topic 2

Maren, Lee, and Sully all have normal thoughts and behaviors except for their special ability and desire to eat people. Why does DeAngelis write the characters this way? How does this choice affect the story? How does this choice affect you as you read the story?

Essay Topic 3

How do you think the story would be different if Maren was still a cannibal, but not a supernatural one? If she still had an uncontrollable desire to eat someone but then had to kill that person, cook them, and eat their body over the course of a few days, how would that change the tone of the story? Do you think that would make her more or less likable as a character? Why or why not? Why do you think DeAngelis chose to make the "eaters" supernatural in their ability to eat someone raw, completely, and in one sitting?

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