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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 does Flora Teagel remain obsessed with while Laura is there?

2. How does Sheener change when he returns to work after missing several days?

3. When Laura is sent back home to the McIlory house what does her new roommate say she is going to be when she grows up?

4. Why could Laura not stay and live with the Lance family?

5. Where did Danny and Laura spend their first anniversary?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Stefan realize about the world he is living in while talking to Jason?

2. Describe what steps Laura has taken to protect herself as seen in the beginning of Chapter 4.

3. What does Thelma tell Stefan when he says that he is worried he has lost the chance to win Laura?

4. Describe what happens after Laura finishes Shadrach.

5. What doe Thelma and Laura discuss in Chapter 7?

6. Describe Sheener's home.

7. What does Tammy destroy and why?

8. Describe the Dockwiler family.

9. What does Stefan do when he uses Kokoscha's belt to return to the institute?

10. What happens in February in Chapter 7?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part 1) Thelma eventually meets her idol, Paul McCartney. If you could meet any person, present or past, who would you want to meet and why?

Part 2) Why is it that McCartney no longer held the same draw for Thelma after she met him?

Part 3) How would Thelma's reaction to McCartney have been different if she had met him before she was a large success?

Essay Topic 2

Part 1) Describe Dr. Markwell. What was the significance of spending such a large portion of the front of the book focusing on Markwell and telling the story from his point of view?

Part 2) What is the reason that Markwell and his fate were not revisited in the story?

Part 3) Is there any indication that Markwell took Stefan's warning seriously and chose to change his life? Explain why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Part 1) Describe what impact Laura's father had on her life.

Part 2) Compare Laura's father to Danny. What similarities did there appear to be? What differences did there appear to be?

Part 3) Describe Chris. Did he appear to be more like his mother or his father? Explain.

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