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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. Which of the following does the baby-headed stuffed animal in Freddy’s room say to her when her mother calls her to dinner?

2. Which of the following is Laura wearing when she first appears in the graphic novel?

3. Which of the following does Freddy have as a pet?

4. What of Laura’s does Freddy note being able to smell still after the break-up?

5. What color is the emblem on Doodle’s shirt when Freddy leaves The Door?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reaction do Freddy’s friends have to her drinking schnapps outside the Valentine’s Day dance?

2. What are the circumstances Doodle relates about her first kiss?

3. Freddy texts Laura after the Valentine’s Day dance. What is Laura’s response (20)?

4. What is Buddy’s response to Freddy’s text after his rebuke by a teacher?

5. What does Freddy posit Anna Vice might be when asking for her help initially?

6. How does Freddy describe the extent of her knowledge in her second email to Anna Vice (103)?

7. How does Doodle attempt to comfort Laura after the latter’s consultation with the Seek-Her?

8. What are the circumstances Buddy relates about his first kiss?

9. What features on Freddy’s shower curtain?

10. What reason does Doodle cite for not being able to read too much manga?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A character early on notes the recent adoption of “for the gods” as a catchphrase (11). Explicate the significance of that catchphrase within the context of the graphic novel.

Essay Topic 2

A lack of formal sectional division in the graphic novel obliges a fairly arbitrary breakdown of the text for purposes of study and discussion. On what grounds might the current divisions be in place? Why and how are they appropriate to the text?

Essay Topic 3

A conversation at Freddy’s workplace touches on authenticity of openly averring homosexuality and what sacrifices are and have been made by those who have done so (158-61). The general consensus is that there seems to be more authority accorded to those who have sacrificed for opening themselves up to who they are. Does this hold true? What in the graphic novel and in experience suggest as much? How do they do so?

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