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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 Cammie realize about the date November 19?

2. What does Cammie do at the pharmacy?

3. What does Josh say to Cammie when she arrives at the gazebo?

4. About what does Josh tell Cammie as they are walking?

5. What confuses Cammie about Josh's teasing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Josh announce and why does Cammie have to protect him?

2. What does Cammie see when she accidentally ends up at her mother's office? How does she respond?

3. How does Cammie realize that Liz is upset with her for the way Cammie acted in the pharmacy?

4. Why are Bex, Macey and Cammie fearful when Buckingham calls Bex into this office and what is the reason?

5. Why does Bex cover Cammie's mouth and what does Bex say they have to do and what is Cammie's response?

6. What does Cammie hear from Liz after she escape the room where she is being held:?

7. Where does Josh take Cammie? Who is the first person they meet there?

8. What suddenly happens as Cammie is walking away from Josh and why is she angry?

9. What does Mr. Solomon explain to Cammie?

10. What does Cammie say as she walks away from Josh after acknowledging the truth to him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following to discuss:

1. Choose two significant symbols and trace and analyze their appearance in I'd Tell You I Love You, but Then I'd Have to Kill You. Are these universal symbols? Would they be understood in any culture? Are there other symbols that would portray the same idea? What are they? Why do you think Carter chooses the symbols he does?

2. Choose two important metaphors and trace and analyze their appearance in the novel. Are these universal metaphors? Would they be understood in any culture? Are there other metaphors that would portray the same idea? What are they? Why do you think Carter chooses the metaphors she does?

3. Discuss Carter's use (or lack ) of literary device (such as foreshadowing, clifthangers, deux ex machina, etc.), and how they add or detract from the story. Does Carter use too many or too little literary techniques? State which of the five major elements of fiction the literary device is related to (style, character, plot, setting, theme).

Essay Topic 2

Josh does not sound proud when he admits he has lived here his whole life. Cammie is not proud of invading Josh's privacy, but she is not exactly ashamed either which is not surprising since her whole life has been that kind of contradiction.

1. Discuss reasons you think Josh might feel embarrassed by what he sees as the narrowness of his life. Use examples from your own life and I'd Tell You I Love You, but Then I'd Have to Kill You to support your answer.

2. Why do you think Cammie is feeling the way she does when she and her friends go into Josh's house? Use examples from your own life and I'd Tell You I Love You, but Then I'd Have to Kill You to support your answer.

3. In what ways do you see Cammie's life as full of contradictions? Use examples from your own life and I'd Tell You I Love You, but Then I'd Have to Kill You to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Cammie decides she will never trust her friends again when they eagerly turn to Macey for fashion advice. Cammie thinks about Josh and how he made her feel like just another girl. Cammie does not tell her friends about Josh because it is nice to have something only she knows in a place where everyone knows her story.

1. Discuss the dynamics of a new teenager trying to break into an established clique of friends. How might the new person feel? How could the girls who know each other help the new girl? Why might Cammie feel a bit jealous of Macey? Use examples from your own life and I'd Tell You I Love You, but Then I'd Have to Kill You to support your answer.

2. Discuss reasons why Cammie might enjoy feeling like a normal girl given her situation.

3. Discuss reasons why Cammie might want to keep the knowledge of Josh to herself.

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