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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 study the babylonians?

2. Why do Maren and Lee leave Laskin Park?

3. What book does Maren look at in the Sandhorn library?

4. What is Jason's pretext for coming over to talk to Maren?

5. What is the one word that Frank fills up the rest of the notebook with in all the different crayon colors?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. How does Travis get Maren to come home with him?

5. Why does Travis go to his police friend for information?

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

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

8. Why does Sully try to kill Maren?

9. What does Travis give Maren that Frank has prepared in advance?

10. Maren runs away from Sully and finds Travis' car abandoned a short way down the road. What happened to Travis?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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 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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