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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 event does Ben say "was really great" in reference to Annabel?

2. According to Boris, who did Ben leave with in Chapter 10?

3. What color is the light when Annabel tells Ben to cross the street?

4. To what character does Annabel compare Ben in Chapter 8?

5. Why does everyone assume that Annabel is dead when she is missing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Boris feel about having to cook all the time at his house? Elaborate.

2. Summarize the highlights of Annabel's phone conversation to the repairman.

3. How does Ben feel about Annabel, and why does he feel that way?

4. Annabel calls two people "chauvinist pigs" in Chapter 8. Who are the people she says this to and why?

5. Summarize the phone conversation between Annabel and Bill at the beginning of Chapter 8.

6. How does Ben feel about Boris and why does he feel that way?

7. Describe the way Mrs. Schmauss defends herself against being accused of drinking the Andrews family alcohol.

8. Who are the girls crowded into the Andrews family living room in Chapter 10, and why are they there?

9. What reason does Ben give for not wanting to go with Annabel to her 2:30 appointment?

10. Who is Annabel's gym coach and what does he say about her athletic abilities?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that discusses how successfully Annabel plays the "mother role" in the novel. What is Annabel's conduct and interaction with family members appropriate to her new role? Do they seem to notice a change in her? If they do, does this matter? Answer these questions and then explain what this contributes to the novel. Does it reveal character, theme, or something else? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Annabel is happy and excited when she awakens to find herself in her mother's body. Unexpected as it might seem at first to the reader, the opportunity to experience life in her mother's body is not disorienting or strange to her, but rather a gift from her mother. Write an essay that explains why Annabel considers the body switch a gift rather than a punishment, how Annabel communicates the mismatch between her teenage understanding of the world and the adult body she occupies, and how this contributes to the novel.

Essay Topic 3

The author uses point of view as an important literary element to allow the reader to experience the story a certain way. Point of view may stay the same or change within a novel, or even within a chapter. Write an essay that defines all the the point-of-view characters, and how point of view is used. How does this type of point of view contribute to the novel? Is this a good or bad choice for this novel, or is the point of view that this story is told in optional? Why or why not? Provide examples to support your argument.

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