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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. How does Alex find out that Cassie is at the reservation?

2. What trip do Alex and Cassie take together in Chapter Thirteen?

3. Why do Cassie and Alex plan to marry on the movie set?

4. What does Cassie learn to make with the elderly women in the Sioux village?

5. Where does Cassie go after she leaves Alex in Chapter Nineteen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Cassie learn from Cyrus and Dorothea?

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

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

4. Is Ophelia a good friend to Cassie?

5. Is Dorothea prejudiced towards white people?

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

7. Describe Cyrus.

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

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

10. What most attracts Cassie to Alex?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

The Native American legends included in the novel are used to imply, predict, foreshadow or point out contrasting elements at different times.

1) Select one legend in the novel that you feel does the best job of foreshadowing events to come and offer specifics to support your answer.

2) Explain why the author chose to incorporate these legends instead of making her point another way.

3) Do the legends portray Native Americans in a positive or negative light? 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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