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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 was the name of the doctor who prescribed Crawford Prozac?

2. How many miles a day did Crawford's father jog before dawn?

3. Where did Crawford meet a man at a dinner who name was de Menil?

4. How old was Crawford when the movie Sixteen Candles came out?

5. In Chapter 4, who was the only person Crawford told at first that Shep kissed her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What were the buildings at St. Paul's like?

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

5. What happened when Crawford could not sleep during summer break and the Lanes were staying over?

6. What scholarship was Crawford nominated for in Chapter 4?

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

8. What medical assistance did Crawford seek, and what did Crawford learn 25 years after the fact about the diagnosis a pediatrician made after examining her throat?

9. In Chapter 4, how did Brooke get her teammates to help her find her kneepad?

10. How did Crawford describe her appearance?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Crawford made friends with Elise when they were in the same dorm. Why did they become friends? What struggles did they have? What parallels were there in their struggles?

Essay Topic 2

Analogies are used to compare an unfamiliar object or idea to a familiar one in an attempt to explain the unfamiliar. How does Crawford use analogies in the book? How do analogies help readers understand unfamiliar ideas or understand events or characters?

Essay Topic 3

Rose was the African American housekeeper who worked in Crawford’s grandparents’ home for more than 30 years. What was Rose’s relationship with the Crawfords? In what way was the relationship paternalistic?

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