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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. Who takes care of the grounds on Evie's property?
2. Which character(s) do(es) Shannon consider her worst enemy?
3. Where has Evie gone for her model shoot?
4. What is the rule when "Seth" is driving the car?
5. How does Shannon describe Brandy's mouth?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Evie live in a mansion in the suburbs?
2. What secret does Shannon write on her postcard at the Space Needle?
3. Why does Shannon prefer to think of her brother as dead?
4. What is the one thing Shannon has wanted to be asked?
5. While watching television in the hospital, what infomercial does Shannon see?
6. Why do Evie and Shannon continually visit the department store?
7. Why does Brandy make Rona Barrett her new Supreme Being?
8. What is Seth's theory about television?
9. Before her accident, what does Shannon do for a living?
10. Why does Brandy introduce Shannon to veils?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Do a character study of Manus Kelley. What role does he play in the novel? How does his relationships with the other characters further the plot? How does his character contribute to the central themes of the novel? Is he a static character or does he undergo changes throughout the text? Though he travels with Brandy and Shannon, would you consider him a main character or a supporting character? How are his many aliases representative of Manus himself?
Explore some of his female-hormone inspired rants on God, parents, and television. What points are the author trying to make about society through Manus? Why is Manus so obsessed with the idea that television makes people like God? Be sure to use examples from the text in your arguments.
Essay Topic 2
Throughout the novel, Shannon gets more and more extreme in her actions. Detail her evolution from start to finish. How is the first Shannon we meet in the novel different from the final Shannon? Does she truly change in the novel? What are the major events that change her? What are the implications of the fires she sets? Choose specific events in the novel that are game-changers for her character.
Essay Topic 3
Shannon and Brandy's parents are strange people. How do they treat Shannon and Brandy as children? How do Shannon and Brandy remember their childhood? Why are their parents so obsessed with Shane after his death? How does their behavior alienate Shannon? Are their parents an examples of how we are all products of products of products? Why or why not?
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