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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 kind of car does Manus have?

2. Whose picture is on the Rhea Sister's stereo?

3. Who does Shannon know she will love forever?

4. What does Brandy envy about Shannon?

5. Where does Shannon go after burning Evie's house down?

Short Essay Questions

1. What part does Evie play in the story?

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

3. What plan does Shannon concoct in a final attempt to kill Brandy?

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

5. What does Shannon say in her letter to Evie?

6. What is Seth Thomas's true identity?

7. Why does Manus's career as a police officer end?

8. Why does Brandy decide to become a woman?

9. What does Shannon leave for the unconscious Brandy?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the novel, each character goes through a transformation. Go through each major character one by one and explains their journey and ultimate conclusion. Be sure to use specifics from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Explore Shannon's observations of the television monitor on her infomercial. Upon review of the infomercial, what does she notice? Are people looking at the models? Why or why not? How does the television monitor affect people and why does Shannon find this effect disturbing? How does the television monitor fit in to the other themes in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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