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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. When Erv asks Freddy what is in the bag that was left on her front steps for her, what is her reply?

2. Which of the following dates appears in the student notebook featured after Freddy leaves Laura’s house party?

3. Which of the following images appears in the student planner featured after Freddy leaves Laura’s house party?

4. How old does Mo note being?

5. What appears on the coffee cup sign where Vi takes Freddy for coffee?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reason does Freddy’s senior coworker give for not naming a special after a particular actress?

2. What does Freddy posit to Anna Vice that she may be doing by remaining in a relationship with Laura while Laura explores other romances?

3. How does Doodle inform Freddy of her pregnancy?

4. What reasons does Laura posit for Freddy’s conduct at the event to which Vi invited her?

5. What progression of eyeglass styles do Freddy and Vi note while talking over coffee?

6. Freddy comments on the women in the show about polyamory she watches. Why does she posit that the women in it do not care about their own feelings in the situation?

7. How does Doodle’s father respond to Freddy’s offer to bring class notes?

8. How does Doodle react to Freddy having failed to meet her as requested after her teacher’s rebuke?

9. What rumor about Freddy’s conduct at the event to which Vi invited her is reported to her?

10. How does Doodle dismiss Freddy from her room after noting her pregnancy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider the impact of the medium—graphic novel—on the story being told. How would the story be obliged to change were it cast in a different medium? Why would it change in those ways?

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. How might the graphic novel be sectioned off other than it currently is? Why might those divisions be appropriate, based on the text and its contexts of composition and reception?

Essay Topic 3

What model of motherhood does Freddy’s mother 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?

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