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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 does Annabel say happens when she goes to get her hair trimmed?

2. Why does Annabel think her father will still be unfriendly after he reaches the kitchen?

3. What items does Ellen purchase for Annabel using the money Bill gave her?

4. What wrinkle hider does Annabel's mother use?

5. Why does Annabel omit a description of her brother in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Annabel think about after she kisses Ben as he leaves for school?

2. Describe how Annabel tricks her mother into agreeing to let her go to camp.

3. At what time does Annabel's grandmother like Ellen to call and why?

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

5. How does Annabel feel about Boris, and why does she feel that way?

6. Describe three things that Annabel thinks make her mother too strict.

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

8. How does Annabel feel about going to school, and what does she think of Miss McGuirk?

9. Describe the different noises Annabel hears after the children leave for school.

10. What do Annabel's body and Ben argue about at the end of Chapter 3? How does Ben react to her accusations?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Annabel finds herself switched into her mother's body, she gets up early and then decides to awaken her father before the alarm goes off. Write an essay that discusses how these two actions of Annabel's contribute to the novel.

Part 1. Discuss what Annabel is doing before she awakens her father and how it makes her feel, as well as why she awakens her father before the alarm goes off. Be sure to include anything that can be considered unusual about her behavior.

Part 2. Discuss why Annabel's father reacts the way he does when she wakes him up. What does Annabel think about what he says and does? How does this contribute to the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Annabel and Mrs. Schmauss get into a fight over the real Annabel's conduct and discipline. In the process it is eventually revealed that Mrs. Schmauss is racist and prejudiced. Write an essay that relates the interaction that Annabel has with Mrs Schmauss to the concept of social and racial justice as depicted in the novel. Use concrete examples from the novel to make your points.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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