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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 was Omar stabbed with?

2. What topic does Bodie ask her podcasting students to focus on?

3. What did Omar write under Bodie's picture?

4. What clothing item did Thalia's roommate allegedly steal?

5. Who did Fran and Bodie build a shrine to in high school?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the beginning of Bodie's relationship with Jerome differ from the start of her relationship with Yahav?

2. When she was in high school, how did Bodie differentiate between Granby and Indiana?

3. Why is Britt's podcast titled She is Drowned?

4. What surprised Bodie about her podcasting students?

5. What conflict does Bodie face surrounding Rita Hayworth?

6. What was Bodie's relationship with the Robesons like when she lived with them?

7. According to Dane Rubra, who most likely killed Thalia?

8. Describe the video the narrator watches in Chapter 1.

9. What kind of relationship did Bodie have with Mr. Bloch?

10. How does Bodie related to Sheila?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the course of the novel, Bodie begins to wonder if memories are as false as dreams. Assess this novel's depiction of memories. How accurate are memories in this novel? How do memories lead some characters astray? Choose at least two examples to focus on.

Essay Topic 2

What is the significance of dividing this novel into two parts? Compare and contrast both parts of the text. What has changed in the second part? Is the tone different? How so?

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the novel, several people ask Bodie, "Who's watching your kids?" What is the significance of this question? Address three uses of this question in the text.

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