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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. Who helps Addy after Vanessa trips her?

2. What is wrong with TJ?

3. When do Nate and Bronwyn talk on the phone?

4. Who does Bronwyn say, in Part 2, has been affected the most?

5. Who wants to get involved with Cooper's case?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Cooper break up with Keely?

2. Why does Addy want to be funny?

3. How does Nate see that Addy has changed by Part 3?

4. Why does Addy cut off her hair?

5. Who arrives at Nate's door?

6. Why is Keely a common thread in the mystery?

7. What is Bronwyn's Dante's Inferno allusion?

8. How is Bronwyn being implicated?

9. What show are the students featured on?

10. Why is Bronwyn interested in Eli?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Addy's mom expects Addy and her sister to attract and keep men. What does Addy's mom communicate, either verbally or nonverbally, to her daughters about relationships? How is Addy influenced by her mom? What is the author trying to convey about Addy's upbringing?

Essay Topic 2

Simon's death occurs very quickly in the novel. Why is the timing of this plot point significant? What would change if the author wrote the story so that Simon died in the middle of the book?

Essay Topic 3

Book reviewers have related the program Pretty Little Liars to this novel. Write a persuasive essay in which you argue for One of Us Is Lying to become a television show. Include a breakdown of how you would convert the book to a script.

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