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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. Where did Maren sleep that night after being picked up by Keri-Ann?

2. What prompts Maren to wake from her dream in Chapter 11?

3. Who does Lee see while Maren and Lee are riding the Ferrish Wheel?

4. Why does Maren study the babylonians?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 11, Why do Lee and Maren need to start hitchiking again?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Frank mutilate his own hand?

2. What does Mrs. Harmon say about Sully in Maren's dream of her and Mrs. Harmon talking? What does Mrs. Harmon say about Maren in Maren's dream?

3. Why does Sully try to kill Maren?

4. What does Maren find out about how her mother felt about being pregnant with Maren?

5. What does Maren want from Jason?

6. At the carnival, when do Lee and Maren spot Sully?

7. Why do Maren's paternal grandparents adopt Maren's dad?

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

9. What is Lee trying to convince Maren of in regard to Sully while Lee and Maren are at the carnival?

10. Why does Maren's mom become afraid of Frank?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role do dreams play in the story? Why does DeAngelis choose to give the reader opportunities to read Maren's dreams? How does this affect the story and the reader?

Essay Topic 2

What kind of "eater" is Maren? What kind of "eater" is Lee? How do their differences as "eaters" affect how they feel about themselves, their identity, and how they relate to others?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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