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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. Why does the narrator worry about the new owners of her house?

2. Part 1 ends soon after what holiday?

3. When do Chris and Anonymous decide to go home?

4. What does the narrator discover in Part 3 that briefly makes her happy?

5. What do Chris and Anonymous decide to do following the events of Sheila's party?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Anonymous decide to move to San Francisco with Chris?

2. What does the narrator start to have visions of in Part 3, and why are these visions significant?

3. Explain what significant event happens at Sheila's party , and what effect this event has on Chris and Anonymous.

4. What happens at the party in Part 2, and what effect does this have on the narrator?

5. Why does the main character want to lose her virginity to Roger?

6. Why does the narrator's family have to move?

7. Why is the main character insecure in Part 1?

8. At the beginning of Part 3, what makes the narrator resolve to stop taking drugs?

9. How does the narrator feel about moving to a new place?

10. Why doesn't the main character talk to her friends or her mother about her insecurities?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The narrator describes her mother in two very different ways; sometimes as a loving parents, deserving of respect and admiration, and sometimes as extremely uncaring and frigid. Describe why you think the narrator feels this way about her mother, and what role this ambivalent relationship plays in the story.

Essay Topic 2

This story takes place during the early 1970's, when the counterculture played an important role in the lives of many young people. Research and describe the counterculture of the early 1970's, and explain why you think the narrator is drawn to it.

Essay Topic 3

How does the point-of-view influence the story? How would the story be different if it were written as a third-person narrative?

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