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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 is Ron handing out for Halloween?

2. How long did Bo date Amber?

3. In Chapter 47, what does Bo's father want help with?

4. When did Bo nearly get fired from Harpy's?

5. What do Mitch and Willowdean do together in Chapter 33?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Lee wish she had known girls like Willowdean, Hannah, Amanda, and Millie in high school?

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

7. Why does Ron come to the Chili Bowl one night?

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

9. How does Willowdean ask Mitch to go to the Sadie Hawkins dance with her?

10. What is Millie's house like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Lucy dies before the novel begins. Who was Lucy and why did she spend her time mostly at home? What dreams did she have? Why did she not fulfill her dreams?

Essay Topic 3

Willowdean felt like Lucy was more of a mother to her than Rosie has been. Why does Willowdean feel like Lucy was more of a mother to her than Rosie? How does the relationship between Willowdean and her mother change? How does the pageant play a role in that change?

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