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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. What day of the week do Willowdean and the other girls go to the Hideaway for help with the pageant?

2. What instrument does Millie play for the talent portion auditions?

3. When Bo fought Collin, how did he hurt Collin?

4. What did Lacey Sanders's older sister do for the talent show a few years ago?

5. Who asks Bo to the Sadie Hawkins dance?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the dress for the pageant fit after Rosie alters it for Willowdean?

2. Who is at Willowdean's house when she gets home in Chapter 31, and why?

3. What does Bo's mom look like in her wedding photograph, and what does Lorraine say about her?

4. What does Millie say about the pageant when she and the others meet at a restaurant?

5. What photo are people passing around in Chapter 27?

6. What conversation does Rosie have with Bo in Chapter 43?

7. Why does Willowdean struggle to tell Bo that she wants to be his girlfriend?

8. In Chapter 28, why does Willowdean not tell her mother that she is entering the pageant?

9. What conversation do Rosie and Willowdean have when Rosie learns that Willowdean is entering the pageant?

10. What happens at the last house where Mitch and Willowdean go trick-or-treating?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Willowdean is very overweight. How does Willowdean seem to accept herself at the beginning of the novel? How does being with Bo change how she perceives herself? How does her body image change throughout the novel? Is she content with who she is when the book ends?

Essay Topic 2

Ellen works at the Sweet 16 shop. Why did Willowdean not want to work at the Sweet 16 shop? How does Willowdean describe the Sweet 16 shop and its employees? What does the shop symbolize to Willowdean?

Essay Topic 3

Willowdean dates Bo and then Mitch. How would you describe the relationship that Willowdean has with Bo and that she has with Mitch? What similarities and differences are there in the relationships?

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