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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 Vanessa feel after complying with Strane’s requestion page 133?
(a) Overcome with fear.
(b) Overcome with disgust.
(c) Overcome with rage.
(d) Overcome with confusion.

2. For what does Strane admonish an adult Vanessa on page 56?
(a) To move away.
(b) To go back to school.
(c) To start writing again.
(d) To stop self-medicating.

3. According to Vanessa on page 173, who is to blame for the rumors involving her and Strane?
(a) Jesse.
(b) Vanessa herself.
(c) Strane.
(d) Jenny.

4. What does Strane tell Vanessa he wants to do during the Halloween dance on page 62?
(a) Leave Browick and never go back.
(b) Dance with her under the moonlight.
(c) Tuck her in and kiss her good night.
(d) Take her out to dinner.

5. What does Vanessa do to the email she receives from Janine Bailey on page 144?
(a) Deletes it.
(b) Posts it online.
(c) Forwards it to Strane.
(d) Saves it.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the novel begins, Vanessa is compulsively reading what?

2. What loss does Strane lament on page 54?

3. Where do the sophomores take a field trip in the winter of Vanessa’s sophomore year?

4. Where does Vanessa meet Strane on page 54?

5. How old was Vanessa when she met Strane, as on page 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What early interactions between Vanessa and Strane suggest that he is grooming her for abuse? What is the effect of these actions on Vanessa?

2. Who is Jenny and what does the reader learn about her (and subsequently about Vanessa) on page 12?

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

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

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

6. According to Strane following Vanessa’s conversation with Jenny, what would happen to Vanessa if anyone found out about their affair?

7. According to Strane on page 4, why might he be found guilty of assault?

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

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

10. How does Strane begin laying the groundwork for predatory behavior in the very first class Vanessa has with him?

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