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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 is Shannon asked to do before Brandy's death?
(a) She is asked to find Manus to hold Brandy's hand.
(b) She is asked to tell Brandy's life story to her.
(c) She is asked to tell Evie's life story to her.
(d) She is asked to find Shane to hold Brandy's hand.

2. What item does the policeman at the border want to see?
(a) He wants to see their social security cards.
(b) He wants to see their credit card receipts.
(c) He wants to see their drivers licenses.
(d) He wants to see their passports.

3. What is Manus's occupation?
(a) He is a photographer.
(b) He is a police detective in Vice.
(c) He is a history teacher in a high school.
(d) He is a male model for Vogue.

4. How does Shannon describe Brandy's mouth?
(a) Brick Red.
(b) Aubergine.
(c) Plumbago.
(d) Chartreuse.

5. Why does Brandy demand silence as the three approach the Canadian border into the USA?
(a) She thinks the police have microphones and can hear their conversations.
(b) Her favorite song is playing on the radio and she is trying to listen.
(c) She is trying to follow driving directions and cannot concentrate.
(d) She has a headache and every noise makes it worse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What magazine purchase does Manus claim is for his job?

2. What disease kills Shannon's brother?

3. Whom does Brandy claim to be when trying to cross the border?

4. What is the scene setting in the beginning of Chapter One?

5. Which character is shot?

Short Essay Questions

1. Before her accident, what does Shannon do for a living?

2. Why does Shannon prefer to think of her brother as dead?

3. How does Shannon describe the basic idea of modeling?

4. What does the narrator warn the reader about the novel's structure?

5. While watching television in the hospital, what infomercial does Shannon see?

6. What happens on the day that Shannon's bandages are removed when she visits the grocery store?

7. What subject is Evie most interested in during the pretend dramas she enacts with Shannon at the department store?

8. Why does the narrator feel that she has no native tongue?

9. What accident does Shane have when he was fifteen?

10. What is Brandy's final request to Shannon before she dies?

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