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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. Why does Maren's mom tell Maren that they cannot tell anyone about what Maren did to Luke?

2. Who finds Maren in her hiding spot at the Christmas party?

3. At the end of Chapter 4, Why does Maren think of her teacher Miss Anderson?

4. Where did Maren meet Luke?

5. What did Mr. Harmon win the Lucretian Cup for?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Maren end up that night after leaving her grandparent's house?

2. Who does Lee eat for his first time?

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

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

5. Why does Lee ask Maren to stay inside his aunt's house while he goes out to meet Kayla?

6. In Chapter 1, standing outside the makeshift tent with Luke, what does Maren remember that she felt for the first time?

7. Why does Maren keep specific pictures in her journal?

8. 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?

9. Why do Lee and Maren have to make a quick getaway from Barry Cook's house in the morning?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Mrs. Harmon and Sully are both people that Maren looks up to. How do Mrs. Harmon and Sully contrast each other? Mrs. Harmon does not know that Maren is an "eater." How does that enable Mrs. Harmon to see a deeper truth about Maren? Sully knows that Maren is an "eater" and accepts her for it, how does that affect Maren?

Essay Topic 3

What does Travis want from Maren? How are his desires and how he presents them different from the various boys' desires of Maren and the boys tend to present their desires? What are the differences in Maren's reaction to Travis compared to Maren's reaction to the boys she had met earlier in her life?

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