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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 is the name of the show about polyamory Freddy watches?
2. As one character asks at Laura’s house party, “What’s the name of that girl with the braids” (143)?
3. Which of the following appears in the bag left for Freddy on her front steps?
4. What motif appears on Vi’s top when she finds Freddy outside the restaurant where she works?
5. How old does Mo note being?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Doodle react to Freddy having failed to meet her as requested after her teacher’s rebuke?
2. What reason does Laura give for having invited Freddy over to her house party?
3. 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?
4. Freddy comments on the man in the show about polyamory she watches. What reasons does she note that he likely does not have to worry about his wives’ flirting?
5. How does Doodle’s father respond to Freddy’s offer to bring class notes?
6. What comments about grandmothers do Freddy and Vi make while talking over coffee?
7. For what reasons does Buddy rebuke Freddy after his argument with Eric?
8. What phrase does Freddy repeat to Doodle to try to comfort her as they discuss Doodle’s pregnancy at school (233)?
9. Describe Laura’s attire at the event to which Vi invited Freddy.
10. What is Freddy’s coworker noted to have given up to be open about her sexual orientation?
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
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
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?
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