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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 the rule when "Seth" is driving the car?
(a) No one can play the radio.
(b) No one can have any liquids.
(c) No one can roll the windows down.
(d) No one can speak.

2. In Shannon's opinion, what are Shannon, Brandy, and Evie all competing for?
(a) The spotlight.
(b) The spilled Chanel No. 5.
(c) The shotgun.
(d) Manus.

3. What happens to Shannon's brother's face?
(a) His face is scarred from a fall down a staircase.
(b) His face is mutilated in an exploding hairspray accident.
(c) His face is also mutilated in a car accident.
(d) His face is disfigured by a disease.

4. Why does Shannon resent her dead brother?
(a) Shannon resents her brother for breaking their family apart.
(b) Shannon resents her brother for not saying goodbye.
(c) Shannon resents all the attention her dead brother receives from their parents.
(d) Shannon resents her beloved brother for disappearing.

5. Why does Brandy ask for the Darvons?
(a) She has lower back pain.
(b) She has shoulder pain.
(c) She has a broken foot.
(d) She has a headache.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Signore Alfa Romeo's main asset?

2. What is Shannon's first instinct when she sees Brandy's blood on the white suit?

3. With whom does Shannon stay after she gets out of the hospital?

4. What kind of car does Evie have?

5. What does Manus purchase for Shannon of their date?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Seth's theory about television?

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

4. What secret does Shannon write on her postcard at the Space Needle?

5. After arriving at the hospital, what surprises Shannon about the others in the waiting room?

6. Describe briefly the opening scene of the novel.

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

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

9. Why does Brandy make Rona Barrett her new Supreme Being?

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

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