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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 Cannie admire about Bruce's father?

2. What does Cannie ask Dr. K after he takes a sample of her blood?

3. How does Cannie describe Dr. K?

4. Who is Jane Sloan?

5. What is the name of Bruce's most recent Moxie article?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what happens on Cannie's date with Steve.

2. Why didn't Cannie tell Samantha that she was pregnant?

3. What was significant about the summer Cannie had an internship at a newspaper?

4. Where does Cannie go at the beginning of Chapter 3, and for what purpose?

5. What analogy does Cannie make to her father being a passenger on a bus or train?

6. What support is expressed for Bruce's Moxie article in Chapter 3?

7. What are Cannie's hopes for her interview with Jane Sloan?

8. What is Cannie's relationship with her father?

9. Describe how writing was an escape for Cannie in college.

10. What does Maxi say she and Cannie have in common?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Weiner's use of exposition in the novel. What does the reader learn of Cannie's past, and why is it important to her present?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the primary characters of the novel "Good in Bed". Discuss the following:

a) How are men portrayed in the novel (i.e. Cannie's father, Bruce, Dr. K, Steve)?

b) How are women portrayed in the novel (i.e. Cannie, Sam, Anne, Tanya)?

Essay Topic 3

In Bruce's article, he discusses the societal norms associated with weight and body type. How do these societal norms become an issue for Cannie in her life?

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