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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Strane react to the thought of returning to the classroom, as revealed on page 106?
(a) With laughter.
(b) With silence.
(c) With tears.
(d) With shouts of joy.

2. What does Vanessa tell her mother about her boyfriend on page 135?
(a) Only that he is in her English class.
(b) Only that he enjoys poetry.
(c) Only that he is older than she is.
(d) Only that his name was Jacob.

3. When an article about Strane appears in a Portland newspaper on page 148, how many students have now accused Strane of abuse?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

4. How does Vanessa describe her current emotional state to Strane on page 104?
(a) As traumatized.
(b) As overwhelmed.
(c) As confused.
(d) As fine.

5. What does Strane want Vanessa to call him on page 133?
(a) Jacob.
(b) Daddy.
(c) Sir.
(d) Father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first name of Mr. Strane, the teacher who is being accused of assault at the start of the novel?

2. According to Strane on page 4, what is the word “assault”?

3. What costume does Vanessa wear to the Halloween dance on page 62?

4. According to Vanessa on page 173, who is to blame for the rumors involving her and Strane?

5. What club does Vanessa join during her sophomore year of high school?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who testifies to Mrs. Giles that Strane and Vanessa have been having an affair? How does Vanessa respond?

2. What does Vanessa indicate about her memories involving Strane on page 7?

3. What object does Vanessa’s mother discover that confirms the nature of Vanessa’s relationship with Strane? How does her mother react?

4. Who is Ira and what opinion does he have about Vanessa, as explained on page 50?

5. Who is Ruby and what does she and Vanessa discuss about abusers on page 9?

6. What odd request does Strane make a Vanessa on page 133? How does she respond?

7. Who is Taylor Birch and what does she post to Facebook, as Vanessa discovers at the opening of the novel?

8. Why does Jenny approach Vanessa in the winter of their sophomore year? How does Vanessa respond?

9. What novel does Strane give Vanessa and what effect does it have on Vanessa?

10. What club does Vanessa join? Why? Whom does she meet there?

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