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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 what terms does Del not describe herself as she stands at the mirror?

2. What is bothersome for Del about Miss Farris' death?

3. What is happening to Del as this section opens?

4. What year of high school is Del in in this section?

5. What does Art say happens to some girls in Italy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Del in her life in the epilogue?

2. How does Del envision herself as a sexual person for the first time?

3. What is the reason for the beginning of the end of Del and Naomi's friendship?

4. How does Del finally land a part in the operetta?

5. What is happening to Del in this section?

6. Explain the scenario of Mr. Chamberlain taking Del out to the country and his inappropriate behavior there.

7. Why is Del unable to finish her story?

8. What happens to Naomi when her father realizes she had been out all night drinking and carousing?

9. What happens each March at Del's school and who is in charge of it this year?

10. On what events does Del base her story?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Del desperately wants to distinguish herself from her mother yet she is like her in many ways. Name some ways that Del is different from her mother as well as some ways that she is like her mother.

Essay Topic 2

Del loves to escape her world through reading and this becomes an important theme throughout the book. Name at least two other themes in the cycle of stories and cite two examples for each to support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Address Del's search for meaning in her life through religion? Do you agree with her process of elimination? What do you think Del is trying to find? Does she find it? Explain.

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