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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. Who had Derek slept with?

2. What color streaks are in Miranda’s hair in Chapter 11?

3. How many pamphlets does Kylie get with her purchase from the drugstore in Chapter 20?

4. In Chapter 13, what does Holiday bring Kylie to eat?

5. How many times did Lucas kiss his fiancé?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Brandon treat Kylie and why?

2. How does Kylie make Derek invisible in Chapter 5?

3. In Chapter 9, who is waiting for Kylie in her room and why?

4. In Chapter 3, what does Burnett say happened to Helen?

5. How does Kylie calm her grandfather down after the fight in Chapter 3?

6. In Chapter 5, why does Jenny tell Kylie to leave that night, instead of in the morning?

7. Why is Holiday upset when she starts hiccuping?

8. Why does Kylie feel like she is “walking the green mile” in Chapter 10?

9. What used to be the relationship between Kylie and Derek?

10. Who does Kylie nearly choke to death in Chapter 7?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the novel, both Derek and Lucas compete for Kylie’s affections. What type of relationship has Kylie had with Derek and with Lucas? How did both boys damage the relationship they had with Kylie? Why do Derek and Kylie become friends? What is Kylie and Lucas’s relationship at the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Many of the chapters in the novel end in suspense leaving readers wondering what will happen next. How many chapters in the novel end in a cliffhanger? How does that technique work to keep readers reading? How do the unanswered questions at the end of these chapters advance the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Lucinda is sent to help Kylie. Who was Lucinda when she was alive? How did she die? Why is she sent to help Kylie? In what ways does she help Kylie? Would Kylie have succeeded in killing Mario and John without Lucinda’s help?

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