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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Vanessa want to do after she graduates from high school, as she reveals on page 283?
(a) Backpack across Europe.
(b) Become a teacher.
(c) Move in with Strane.
(d) Move across the country.

2. Who contacts Vanessa in the spring of 2002?
(a) Jesse.
(b) Mrs. Antonova.
(c) Jenny.
(d) Mrs. Giles.

3. According to Vanessa on page 270, what is the difference between rape and sex?
(a) Age.
(b) The presence of fear.
(c) The age of consent.
(d) State of mind.

4. How does Taylor react when Vanessa describes her relationship with Strane as the stuff of love stories?
(a) She looks confused.
(b) She looks ill.
(c) She looks afraid.
(d) She looks sad.

5. How does Strane’s voice sound when he calls Vanessa on page 187?
(a) Strong.
(b) Sweeping.
(c) Strident.
(d) Shaky.

6. In what hospital department does Vanessa begin working after she turns 17?
(a) The oncology department.
(b) The cardiology department.
(c) The urology department.
(d) The pulmonary department.

7. When Vanessa calls Strane following her acceptance into college, what message does she leave for him?
(a) That she is moving on from him.
(b) That she is waiting for him.
(c) That she is turning him in.
(d) That she is dating someone new.

8. Of what is Craig a veteran, as revealed on page 214?
(a) Desert Storm.
(b) Desert Smite.
(c) Desert Strike.
(d) Desert Shield.

9. According to Vanessa on page 368, her dog is just starting to embrace what previously unknown things?
(a) Individualism and expanse.
(b) Liberty and latitude.
(c) Freedom and space.
(d) Freedom and time.

10. In what grade was Vanessa when Strane had his vasectomy, as revealed on page 226?
(a) Fourth.
(b) Third.
(c) Second.
(d) First.

11. What does Taylor Birch do for a living?
(a) She is a writer.
(b) She is an accountant.
(c) She is a teacher.
(d) She is an architect.

12. Where does Plough accost Strane?
(a) A Browick faculty event.
(b) The local dog park.
(c) The supermarket.
(d) Vanessa's apartment.

13. As Vanessa heads into her senior year of college, with whom does she begin living?
(a) Bridget.
(b) Bea.
(c) Becky.
(d) Brielle.

14. According to Strane on page 304, what did the experience with Vanessa brand him as?
(a) A misfit.
(b) A deviant.
(c) A pedophile.
(d) A freak.

15. What Nabokov novel does Vanessa discuss with Plough, intriguing him?
(a) Pale Fire.
(b) Laughter in the Dark.
(c) Despair.
(d) Pnin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vanessa receive in the mail in the wake of Strane’s death?

2. What does Craig do for a living?

3. Where does Vanessa work following her graduation from high school?

4. According to Vanessa on page 319, what does Vanessa believe about her role in Strane’s abuse of other girls?

5. According to Vanessa on page 322, what does she now lack that teenage Vanessa once had?

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