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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 color are Buddy’s earrings as he is rebuked by a teacher?

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

3. Which of the following cafeteria foods does Buddy note enjoying?

4. What reason does Laura cite for departing swiftly after her bathroom assignation with Laura?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Freddy’s dress at the Valentine’s Day dance.

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

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

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

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

7. What joke inheres in the number of the room where Freddy finds Laura kissing another girl at the Valentine’s Day dance?

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

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

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

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

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 3

Overall, what is the most important theme of Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me? What in the text indicates as much? How does it do so?

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