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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 121 - 180).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What often happens to Alexandra when she drinks?
(a) She throws up.
(b) She passes out.
(c) She gets flushed and hot.
(d) Nothing.

2. What does Alexandra's mother advise her to say back to the classmate who makes fun of her in kindergarten?
(a) That his nose is big and pointy and ugly.
(b) That he is no box of chocolates.
(c) That he looks like a ghost.
(d) That he is fat.

3. What is a major defining feature of Ithaca?
(a) All the water features - lakes and waterfalls.
(b) The flowers.
(c) The new housing.
(d) The ghost stories.

4. Where does J's family sometimes rent a beach house?
(a) South Beach, Florida.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) Santa Cruz.
(d) Middleton Texas.

5. J tells Alexandra that she is the only adult person he knows who does which of the following?
(a) Takes dance lessons.
(b) Calls her parents Mommy and Daddy.
(c) Sleeps with a stuffed animal.
(d) Tries on shoes at home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What writer does Chang quote at the beginning of Part III?

2. What does Alexandra get specifically for her road trip across the country?

3. What did Alexandra's group of friends from high school call themselves?

4. What is J selected for in Ithaca that most of his cohort is not?

5. Who does Alexandra go to the tech party with in Part I?

(see the answer key)

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