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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 is Joanne?

2. Why does Ava buy a vase?

3. Who is Helena?

4. What does Oli try to do while Ava is away?

5. Who pitches a new business plan to Winnie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Priya's dream?

2. Who is Gabe?

3. When does Maria start distancing herself from Ava?

4. What does Winnie have Ava start doing on her own?

5. What does Boss Mak gift Ava?

6. What is Ava's favorite department store?

7. Who is Kayla?

8. What does Oli try to teach Henri while Ava is away?

9. Who is Joanne?

10. Who is moving to Chicago?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you explore Ava's lifelong commitment to behaving as a "good girl" (getting good grades, getting into a good school, having an impressive job, etc,). When and why does she start rejecting this identity?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you explore Ava's upbringing. What was Ava raised to believe -- about herself, her worth, and what her life should look like?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you explore Ava's narration. Is the fact that her first-person narration is directed at the detective effective? How does it help to strengthen the novel's themes, plot, characters, etc.?

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