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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. How much does the Seek-Her charge for her advice?

2. Which of the following artists does Buddy note being played at the Valentine’s Day dance?

3. What is the name of the restaurant where Freddy works?

4. What graffito can be seen on the stall where Freddy and Laura have a bathroom assignation?

5. Which of the following positions is Harvey Milk correctly noted to have held?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Freddy describe Laura to the Seek-Her?

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

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

6. What reason does Laura give for calling Freddy by her full given name?

7. How does school administration contradict the DJ at the Valentine’s Day dance?

8. What does Freddy note is the second-hardest part of going through Laura breaking up with her?

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

10. What boast does Dan make to Erv at the bowling alley?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The names of several characters are not revealed until far later than their first appearances. What effect does the restriction of information have, and how is the effect created?

Essay Topic 2

What model of fatherhood does Dan provide in the graphic novel? Is it one of which the work approves? What in the graphic novel indicates as much, and 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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