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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. Why does Alex come to Cassie's classroom in Chapter Sixteen?

2. What happens to Cassie after Alex beats her in Chapter Sixteen?

3. What happens when Alex has a nightmare in Chapter Fifteen?

4. Who is Ophelia's date at Alex's movie premiere?

5. What is the subject of the screenplay that Cassie thinks is perfect for Alex?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Cassie learn from Cyrus and Dorothea?

4. Why is Alex so comfortable camping in the woods?

5. Does Cassie make the right decision by giving the father of her child one more chance to prove that he has changed?

6. How does Alex and Cassie's relationship begin?

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

8. How does the media coverage impact Cassie and Alex's relationship?

9. Does Cassie lead Will on?

10. How does Cassie's pregnancy affect her feelings for Alex?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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