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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 Golden Dragon?

2. What does Rachel apply to Miriam on their first date?

3. What does the narrator chew at night?

4. Who is Dr. Mahjoub?

5. What household item does Rachel not own?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rachel's mother text her every day?

2. What matters most to the narrator?

3. What does Miriam invite Rachel to her house for?

4. How does Rachel feel about Miriam's family while attending Shabbat with them?

5. Where in Miriam's house does Rachel stay?

6. Who invites Rachel to the movies?

7. What is the Golden Dragon?

8. Where does Jace invite Rachel to after This Show Sucks?

9. Who is Jace Evans?

10. What did Rachel's mother instill in her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you explore Rachel's desire to be cared for by a mother. Why is Rachel so desperate for the love of a mother? What are the characteristic of her ideal mother, and how does this fantasy differ from her actual mother?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you explore the relationship between Rachel and her mother. What is the nature of this relationship, and how does it impact Rachel?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you explore how Rachel's relationship to food changes throughout the novel. What prompts this shift, and how does she deal with it?

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