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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 other gifts has Shannon gotten in her stocking?
2. How quickly does Brandy claims the cells in a body are completely replaced?
3. What organization is Shannon now a part of in memory of Shane?
4. Why does Shannon shoot herself?
5. Why do Shannon's parents purchase these particular gifts for her?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Shannon try to kill Brandy?
2. How does Shannon describe the scene when she discovers Seth breaking into Evie's house?
3. Why does Manus's career as a police officer end?
4. What extremes do Shannon's parents take when she visits for her birthday?
5. What do Shannon's parents buy her for Christmas?
6. Why does Shannon burn Evie's house down?
7. How does Shannon first meet Brandy?
8. Though he has broken into the house with a knife, what does Manus try to tell Shannon?
9. Where does Shannon go after burning the house down with Manus in tow?
10. What has "Shane" bought Shannon for Christmas?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
A central image of Shannon's childhood is her clothes burning on the clothesline. How does this event change Shannon? How does Shannon react? How does her reaction give insight to her character at fifteen? Is this the start of her obsession with fire? Why or why not? Be sure to examine the account in the novel and cite any quotations.
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