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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 does Fan do to get help for Four and Five?

2. What do Fan and Miss Cathy do in a service area of Seneca in Chapter 17?

3. In Chapter 22 what does Vik give for a housewarming gift?

4. In Chapter 20, what does Miss Cathy do when she sees Five in distress and the medical personnel around her?

5. In Chapter 14, what does Fan have to drink?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 24, what does Oliver say about Vik and Betty?

2. In Chapter 21, what is the fitness center like at Vik's condo?

3. At the end of Chapter 20, what does Fan do when Vik falls asleep?

4. In Chapter 23, what does Oliver plan to build?

5. In Chapter 25, what happens when Vik shows up at the pool at the fitness center where Oliver is swimming?

6. In Chapter 19, what does Fan do to get someone's attention and get help for Four and Five?

7. Why do the girls in Chapter 17 each spend a night sleeping on a bed near Miss Cathy?

8. What is Mala's work schedule and how does that work with her family life in Chapter 14?

9. In Chapter 20, what happened after Five nearly dies?

10. At the end of Chapter 17, what do the girls decide that they need to do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

On the surface life in B-Mor seems a placid and pleasant place to live. What does life seem to be like in B-Mor? What is life really like there? How are appearances and reality deceiving when it comes to living in B-Mor?

Essay Topic 2

The novel is told from a first-person plural point of view. How does the way that the story is told affect what readers know and think of Fan? How does the point of view create a distance between readers and fan? How does using the first-person plural point of view affect the development of Fan’s story?

Essay Topic 3

Both Glynnis and Fan take risks, but their risks lead to very different consequences. What risks does Glynnis take? What risks does Fan take to save Quig and Loreen? What are the motives behind the women’s actions? Do their motives lessen or increase the consequences they face for taking risks?

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