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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What objects were always embedded in the stationery George's mother provided for the family's New Year's ritual?
(a) Leaves.
(b) Bark.
(c) Flower petals.
(d) Orange peels.

2. George and H develop a studying technique that involves what form of literature?
(a) Songs.
(b) Poems.
(c) Memoirs.
(d) Short stories.

3. George's eye keeps being drawn to a strip of what color in Francesco's painting?
(a) Brown.
(b) Red.
(c) White.
(d) Blue.

4. What is the first name of George's father?
(a) Blake.
(b) Henry.
(c) Connor.
(d) Nathan.

5. How old is Henry in the narrative present?
(a) 12.
(b) 4.
(c) 10.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many minutes is the total length of the pornographic video that upsets George?

2. In a significant moment within the conversation in Italy, George's mother told her, "You know, Georgie, nothing's not" (250) what?

3. How many seconds in length is the video George has of her mother as a little girl?

4. George's mother had been one of the original group of how many founding Subvert members?

5. In what city does George currently live with her father and her brother Henry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kinds of conflicts have been revealed so far within the text? Give a brief example of at least two conflicts unfolding at the center of the text.

2. What irony does George note about her father's profession?

3. What is the main method George's father uses to cope with the trauma of losing his wife?

4. What does the shopping cart within the narrative represent in the scene at "the car park" (231)?

5. Discuss an instance when Smith injects humor into a memory George has of her late mother.

6. What location in her bedroom does George take great pains to hide from her father and why?

7. What is the significance of the record album entitled Tell Laura I Love Her?

8. What does George tell her father after he discovers her in the garden engaging in her daily ritual?

9. Discuss a metaphor Smith uses to indicate George's concern that she may be unable to love.

10. Describe the conversation George has with Mrs. Rock about her mother's criticism of a certain politician.

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