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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 Vi’s coworker at the donut shop have tattooed on her arm?

2. What are Freddy’s first words from the Seek-Her?

3. What color is the hand that presents itself to Freddy as she approaches the Seek-Her’s room?

4. On which holiday does Freddy note Laura broke up with her?

5. What shape are Buddy’s earrings as he is rebuked by a teacher?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reason does Laura give for noting that Freddy will agree to go to a movie with her?

2. How does Freddy introduce herself to Anna Vice in her first email?

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

4. What shift in her parents’ romantic attitudes does Freddy note to Laura?

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

6. After leaving the diner the morning after the Valentine’s Day dance, Doodle offers comfort to Freddy. What does she say to note that things could be worse?

7. What does Doodle order at the restaurant where Freddy works (55)?

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

9. How does the Seek-Her first appear to Freddy?

10. What reason does Freddy cite for Doodle’s resistance to cell phones?

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

Sources attest to the presence of Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me on best-seller and award lists. Assuming that sales figures and awards reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the graphic novel? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Freddy remarks that “Every once in a while, I get this thought, like a thread I can feel on my skin. The thought is that I’m just willing what I’m feeling to be true. I’m willing myself to believe this is real” (89). Is she, in fact, doing so? What in the graphic novel indicates as much, and how does it do so?

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