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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 Cassie discover in the hiding space in her closet in Chapter Nine?

2. Who is Herb Silver?

3. What animal did Will see on his vision quest to the shaman?

4. What, specifically, did Will see the shaman to ask about becoming?

5. Who does Cassie recall finding drunk and covered in vomit?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Alex express his loving feeling for Cassie?

2. Why is Jane's recollection about discovering hand bones important?

3. How does the driver, John, represent Alex's life?

4. Describe the relationship between Alex and Ophelia.

5. How does Jane Doe react to waking up in a stranger's car?

6. What expectations does the Algonquin legend put in place for the novel?

7. Describe the ramifications of the Sioux penalty for adultery as described in Chapter Two.

8. What does Miranda represent in Chapter Seven?

9. Who is Connor and why is he important to Cassie?

10. How does Cassie feel towards Alex when he first takes her back to their Malibu apartment in Chapter Four?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The characters of William Flying Horse and Alex Rivers can easily be labeled as the good and bad guys in Picture Perfect. However, Jodi Picoult gives each both good and bad qualities which makes the story a little less black and white in many ways.

1) Do you think that William or Alex had a more difficult childhood? Explain.

2) Why does Alex become an actor while William becomes a police officer? Does this make a statement about actors and police officers in general?

3) Analyze the best qualities of Alex and the worst qualities of William.

Essay Topic 2

Memory and prejudice both play important roles in Picture Perfect.

1) Describe how the author uses prejudice to create feelings about certain characters in the novel.

2) Explain how memory or the lack thereof can help to create or reduce prejudice based on examples in the story.

3) Select a minor character from the novel (Connor, Dorothea, Ophelia...) and explain how memory and prejudice play out in the growth or development of that character and their role in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Many of the characters in Picture Perfect have troubled childhoods that they are trying to deal with.

1) Which character in the novel has the best method of dealing with a troubled past? The worst?

2) If Connor had survived his father's murder attempt, describe the type of person he might be today.

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