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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's first instinct when she sees Brandy's blood on the white suit?
(a) She wants to grab the shotgun and shoot Manus.
(b) She wants to grab the shotgun and shoot Evie.
(c) She wants to get the stain out using club soda.
(d) She wants to call 9-1-1.

2. What autobiography has Brandy become obsessed with?
(a) The Life and Times of Abraham Lincoln.
(b) Queen Elizabeth I.
(c) The Lady DuVall.
(d) Miss Rona.

3. What does Brandy give to Shannon after she tells her story?
(a) Brandy gives Shannon chocolate ice cream.
(b) Brandy gives Shannon Vicodins.
(c) Brandy gives Shannon liquor.
(d) Brandy gives Shannon money.

4. What name does the little boy in the store call Shannon?
(a) He calls her a monster.
(b) He calls her an angel.
(c) He calls her Frankenstein.
(d) He calls her a freak.

5. What does the narrator (Shannon McFarland) feel is responsible for Evie Cottrell's appearance?
(a) A shampoo commercial.
(b) A paper lantern.
(c) A paintbrush.
(d) An exploded can of hairspray.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Brandy introduce herself at the open house?

2. Why does Shannon resent her dead brother?

3. What is the cap for Shannon's health insurance?

4. In Shannon's opinion, what are Shannon, Brandy, and Evie all competing for?

5. How does Brandy initiate a relationship with Shannon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the one thing Shannon has wanted to be asked?

2. Why do Evie and Shannon continually visit the department store?

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

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

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

6. Why does Shannon feel she is in competition with Brandy and Evie in the first scene?

7. Why is Shannon upset that Evie borrowed her clothes?

8. What is Shannon's father's strategy for selling his pigs at market?

9. Why have Brandy and her comrades come to the open house?

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

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