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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. Who is the letter mentioned at the end of Chapter 2 addressed to?
(a) Maggie.
(b) Dennis.
(c) Liz.
(d) Sean.

2. What does Maggie regret while walking with Liz in Chapter 5?
(a) Becoming friends with Liz.
(b) Not bringing her car.
(c) Calling off her date.
(d) Mouthing off to her mother.

3. What is the result of Liz's mother's comments in Chapter 7?
(a) She tears up.
(b) She yells at her stepfather.
(c) She throws something at her mother.
(d) She breaks up with Sean.

4. What is the name of Maggie's mother?
(a) Mrs. Tobin.
(b) Mrs. Toby.
(c) Mrs. Tawny.
(d) Mrs. Tribble.

5. What does Sean almost hit on the way to the park?
(a) Rabbits.
(b) Squirrels.
(c) Mice.
(d) Cats.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the event mentioned in Chapter 6?

2. Which of the following literary devices is used in Chapter 7?

3. Who does Liz suggest might ask Maggie to the prom?

4. Who is the note from at the end of Chapter 2?

5. What is the name of Maggie's class advisor?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the third person omniscient point of view helpful in the first chapter?

2. On her date with Dennis in Chapter 3, what does Maggie hope?

3. At what point is the transition between the characters' thoughts most intense? Why?

4. Why does Liz end up going to the dance with Rod?

5. What is the main conflict in Chapter 5?

6. What does Maggie feel insecure about in Chapter 2?

7. What is the disparity in the definitions of love between the characters in the story?

8. What are the contents of the memo at the end of Chapter 3?

9. Compare and contrast Dennis and Sean.

10. How is it shown that Liz feels the need to be validated?

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