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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 Alex tell Cassie prevented him from having a normal childhood?

2. What does Cassie receive from Will in Chapter Twenty-Six?

3. Who does Alex take to the Academy Awards?

4. Where does Alex tell Cassie he grew up?

5. What does Alex tell Cassie that his father did when they have dinner in his tent in Tanzania?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Cassie learn from Cyrus and Dorothea?

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

4. Is Dorothea prejudiced towards white people?

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

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

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

8. Does Cassie lead Will on?

9. Describe Cyrus.

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

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

The settings in Picture Perfect are many and they vary greatly: from a graveyard to a Bel-air mansion, to a sweat lodge on a Sioux reservation, to a dig in Africa. Cassie and the other characters seem to inhabit a number of different worlds. Select three of the settings in the story. For each, describe which characters are most and least comfortable there (or would be), what that venue represents to the story and to Cassie, and why you believe the author chose to include it.

Essay Topic 3

Cassie has visits from and discussions with her dead friend Connor throughout Picture Perfect.

1) Analyze these experiences in terms of what they are and how they help Cassie or hold her back.

2) Compare and contrast Connor with William Flying Horse.

3) Analyze the importance of the rock with CMM 1969 etched on it.

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