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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 did Valerie say in front of another girl that made Hough upset?

2. Who did Hough visit in Germany?

3. What movie does Hough watch with the Marine staff sergeant in Part III?

4. What happened to the person Hough shoved?

5. Where did Rhonda always like to go to dinner with Hough?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Hough's mother react when Hough showed her David Berg's obituary?

2. How did Hough find others who had been raised by the Family?

3. Why did the cult's threats about Hough's possible fate not have much of an effect on her in her childhood?

4. What did Hough sometimes like about Gabe, her stepfather?

5. What did Hough tell her brother Mikey she wanted to be when she grew up, and why?

6. Why did Hough decide not to break up with Rhonda as planned?

7. What does Hough believe is the real reason she spent time in jail?

8. When did Hough realize she was pregnant?

9. What did Hough think Rhonda did not really get about being together in the public places Rhonda liked to go to?

10. How did Autumn react when Hough saw her for the first time after her release from jail?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How would you describe Hough's tone and style throughout this collection? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How does Hough use humor, and why do you think she employs humor how and when she does throughout this collection? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How does Hough's recounting of the torching of her car, and of the Air Force's subsequent handling of the investigation into the incident, set the tone for the rest of the collection? Why do you think Hough chooses to start her collection with this incident and at this point in her life? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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