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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. In Chapter 8, what was the name of the photographer who took Mia's picture that hung at the art museum?

2. In Chapter 7, how many doors in the high school were immobilized?

3. In Chapter 4, how old was Izzy when she sneaked into the Humane Society trying to free all the cats?

4. In Chapter 1, how late had Lexie and her friend stayed up talking the night before the fire?

5. Where is the Richardson house located?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the circumstances of Izzy's birth?

2. In Chapter 1, what condition is the Richardson house after the fire?

3. What did Pearl tell Lexie when Lexie asked why Pearl did not buy anything at the mall in Chapter 5?

4. What does Lexie realize is gone as she watches the smoke from her house?

5. Why did Bebe give up her baby in Chapter 9?

6. Why did Moody decide to introduce Pearl to his family in Chapter 3?

7. In Chapter 1, who is Josh Trammel and how did he burn down his parents' house?

8. In Chapter 6, how did Lexie, Serena, and Pearl dress for Stacie's party?

9. In Chapter 8, what did Pearl discover on a field trip to an art museum?

10. In Chapter 10, how had Mrs. McCullough struggled to have her own child or to adopt?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Izzy decided that her family needed to have a new beginning. Why did Izzy decide that her family needed to have a new beginning? How did her family betray others? Why did Izzy decide that those betrayals indicated that her family needed to start over from scratch?

Essay Topic 2

Shaker Heights was a pragmatic place where it was preferred that things be black and white and never gray. In what way did pragmatism shape Shaker Heights and Mrs. Richardson? How did pragmatism shape Shaker Heights and Mrs. Richardson?

Essay Topic 3

Mia and the Richardsons come from very different socio-economic environments. How has their socio-economic status affected the women? How has the socio-economic status of the women been a positive or a negative influence in their lives?

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