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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 Rachel see Lee doing?

2. What is Sully's nickname for Maren?

3. What does Dr. Worth say to Maren about the number of visitors her dad has had?

4. Who is sitting in the corner of the bedroom watching Maren?

5. Where does Maren keep on bumping into Jason?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Maren find out about what happened when Frank was a boy and a man at a gas station?

2. Why does Frank leave Maren's mom before she gives birth to Maren?

3. For whom does Maren start dressing differently? Why?

4. What special knowledge does Travis have about Frank?

5. Why does Frank mutilate his own hand?

6. How does Maren get her job at the college?

7. What does Maren want from Jason?

8. At the beginning of Chapter 11, who picks up Lee and Maren?

9. Why does Travis want what he does from Maren?

10. How does Maren know that she ate Lee?

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

Describe Maren's relationship with her mom. Maren's inner monologue in relation to her mom changes over the course of the book. Describe the change that happens in Maren. Do you think Maren is lying to herself about some of the things she thinks about her mom?

Essay Topic 3

After Maren finds her mom at Maren's grandparent's house, why do you think Maren decides not to talk to her mother? What does Maren think she starts to understand about her mother?

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