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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. H refuses an invitation from George's father to stay for what meal during her third visit?
(a) Breakfast.
(b) Dinner.
(c) Lunch.
(d) Tea.
2. How many minutes is the total length of the pornographic video that upsets George?
(a) 15.
(b) 60.
(c) 30.
(d) 45.
3. People not well-acquainted with H call her by what name?
(a) Hel.
(b) Helena.
(c) Heather.
(d) Henny.
4. George allows H to push her in what kind of a wheeled object?
(a) A chair.
(b) A stroller.
(c) A shopping cart.
(d) A go-kart.
5. How old is Henry in the narrative present?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 4.
Short Answer Questions
1. George's mother told George that Lisa's attention had turned from flattering to what?
2. George and H develop a studying technique that involves what form of literature?
3. What term indicating class status had George's father used to describe Lisa?
4. What does George say "is a finite set of rules" (168)?
5. How many pounds had George's mother generally paid for one of George's ideas she wanted to use in a Subvert ad?
Short Essay Questions
1. What timeline does George provide on the first page of the section entitled Eyes and what is its significance?
2. What does the damage in George's house symbolize?
3. What element of language does George come to see differently after her mother's death?
4. What is the main method George's father uses to cope with the trauma of losing his wife?
5. What location in her bedroom does George take great pains to hide from her father and why?
6. How did George's mother react to George's confession about Lisa?
7. 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.
8. What piece of information did George's mother forget during their time in Italy and why did this event upset George?
9. Discuss an instance when Smith injects humor into a memory George has of her late mother.
10. What is the significance of George's shift away from considering a particular element of language to be very important?
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