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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. After Mr. Lacy kissed her, where did Crawford go when her friend was not around?

2. How much weight did Crawford lose in Chapter 3?

3. In Chapter 2, who did New York and Washington hook Crawford up with?

4. How old was Crawford when she entered St. Paul's as a sophomore?

5. When was the first proto-hockey played at the Lower School Pond?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Crawford lured to the dorm room of a senior?

2. What advantages did Alice Sebold have in trying to prove her rape charge in court?

3. Why did Crawford not scream or fight the attack?

4. Why did Crawford's parents want her to learn to drive a manual transmission automobile?

5. Why did Crawford hope to get caught on her way back to the dorm after the attack?

6. How did Crawford feel a few days after the attack?

7. Who was Dr. Derek Miller, and what did he conclude about Crawford after seeing her for a consultation?

8. Why was Crawford surprised when her friends Washington and New York were going to Martha's Vineyard?

9. What was intervisitation, and what rules were there?

10. In Chapter 4, what happened when Crawford went swimming in the pond with her friends?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jed Lane was a Crawford family friend. How did Jed Lane make a sexual advance to Crawford? How was the incident handled? What is communicated about power and sexual assault?

Essay Topic 2

Genre is a means of classifying literature. What is the genre of the book? Why is it not a biography?

Essay Topic 3

Alice Sebold was raped at night by a stranger in a park and badly beaten. In what ways was Sebold considered "lucky" and her case likely to result in charges against her assailant? What is victim blaming? Why was she not subject to victim blaming and Crawford was?

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