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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. In the beginning of chapter 3, what does Annabel's father want for breakfast?

2. How old is Annabel?

3. Why does Boris seem shocked when he sees Annabel's bedroom?

4. What object keeps Annabel's father from going back to sleep?

5. How much money is in Annabel's mother's purse when she looks inside it?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bill act toward Annabel when she asks for more money to go to the liquor store?

2. What does Boris Harris look like?

3. What do Annabel and her mother fight about the night before Annabel wakes up in her mother's body?

4. Describe the morning routine Annabel goes through after waking up in her mother's body.

5. What does Annabel's mother look like?

6. List and describe three of the five shows Annabel flips through on the television.

7. Describe the events that unfold between Annabel and Bill after she awakens him in Chapter 2.

8. How does Annabel feel about her father and how does the reader know that?

9. Why is Annabel not all that surprised that she awakens in her mother's body?

10. What three items does Annabel make Bill for breakfast, and how are they cooked and served?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A coming-of age novel is a story in which the main character undergoes experiences that create an internal and/or external shift, thereby ushering them into or toward adulthood. Can "Freaky Friday" be considered such a story? Write an essay that takes a position. Prove or disprove that "Freaky Friday" is a coming-of -age story. Be sure to define who is or is not coming of age, what experiences or adventures help or hinder that character develop, and how and why the character is or is not transformed. Use examples from the novel to prove your point.

Essay Topic 2

Annabel and Bill have a significant conversation about money in Chapter 4. Write an essay that analyzes this conversation. What does Annabel, in the guise of her mother, ask her father? What is his reaction, what does he ask Annabel, and why? Be sure to consider two things. Who is asking the question and who does Bill think is asking the question. How does this interaction contribute to the story? Provide examples to support your assertions.

Essay Topic 3

Annabel comes face to face with whoever inhabits her mother's body for the first time in the morning before school. Write an essay that analyzes how these two Annabels interact with each other when they first meet. What things does the person in Annabel's body do and say, and what is the real Annabel's reaction? Be sure to include any questions or conflicts that arise in Annabel after this first interaction. Provide examples to support your position.

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