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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. Where does Will take Cassie in Chapter Twenty?

2. In Chapter Sixteen, what does Cassie realize that she forgot to bring to Tanzania?

3. What does Cassie discover in Tanzania in Chapter Sixteen that causes her to call Alex in her excitement?

4. Who is Jack Green?

5. Who does Will learn from at the reservation in Chapter Twenty-three?

Short Essay Questions

1. Does Cassie lead Will on?

2. Is Will's sun dance similar to the abuse that Cassie takes from Alex?

3. Is Cassie at all to blame for her role in the abuse?

4. Is Cassie an honest person?

5. Is Cassie happy when she returns to the US to live with Alex in his mansion?

6. What does Cassie learn from Cyrus and Dorothea?

7. How does Cassie handle Connor's warnings about Alex?

8. What is William's role in Chapter Nineteen?

9. Is Will looking after his own best interests by hiding Cassie?

10. Is Dorothea prejudiced towards white people?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In a sense, Picture Perfect is Cassie's story of healing from a lifetime of pain. Which events in the novel do you feel were pivotal in Cassie's healing? Which other characters are able to heal in the story, and which are not able to heal their wounds and why? Are there specific characters or places in the book that are associated with pain or healing? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Was Cassie wise or foolish to throw the Tylenol out the window and trust in tribal healing beliefs and why? If baby Connor had not gotten better after she threw out the medicine, what impact would that have had on the story? Are the Sioux rituals in the story meant to represent something or are they meant to get the reader to be more open-minded about different belief systems?

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