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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 are the names of the two boys in the car in Chapter 5?

2. What does Liz feel that Sea is giving her?

3. What is the school assembly about that Maggie attends in Chapter 1?

4. What does Liz read in Chapter 1?

5. What does Maggie regret while walking with Liz in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is diction used in Chapter 1 to enhance the reading experience?

2. Why does Liz claim that her dates with Sean are no longer fun?

3. Describe the high school setting in Chapter 1.

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

5. What elements of foreshadowing are included in the letter that Liz writes to Sean in Chapter 6?

6. What does Dennis think about Maggie while they are on their first date?

7. Describe Maggie's loyalty to Liz.

8. What mean things does Liz say to Maggie and how do they make her feel?

9. What is significant about Liz's astrological reading?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some elements of irony present in the story? How are Liz's parents examples of irony? What purpose does irony serve in this particular story?

Essay Topic 2

What symbolism is present in Sean's essay? What is the significance of the title of his essay, "The Circus of Darkness"? What can the reader learn from Sean as a result?

Essay Topic 3

How does Maggie's life change from the beginning of the story to end? How much confidence has she gained? What has she lost over the course of the story? How does this change her?

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