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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 Shannon do to her stretched-out clothes?

2. What is Manus's job in the Vice department?

3. What album is playing on the stereo?

4. How do Shannon's parents interpret the call?

5. What is Evie's name before she becomes a woman?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Brandy decide to become a woman?

2. What extremes do Shannon's parents take when she visits for her birthday?

3. How does Evie feel about her womanhood thus far?

4. What is the truth about both Shane's and Shannon's accidents?

5. What kind of tasks does Brandy and Shannon's father make them perform as children?

6. What surrounds Manus in the trunk of his car?

7. What is Seth Thomas's true identity?

8. From whom did Shane (Brandy) get the throat infection that leads him to be kicked out of the house?

9. What does Shannon leave for the unconscious Brandy?

10. What do Shannon's parents buy her for Christmas?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The novel explores the idea of attention as an addiction. Is Shannon addicted to attention? Is Brandy? Is Evie or Manus? Why or why not? What instances in the text point you toward a conclusion?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Do a character study of Evie Cottrell. What role does she play in the novel? How does her relationships with the other characters further the plot? How does her character contribute to the central themes of the novel? Is she a static character or does she undergo changes throughout the text? Explore Evie's idea of beautiful people together being less than the sum of their parts. How does this idea contribute to the novel? Is Shannon changed by this theory? Be sure to use examples from the text in your arguments.

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