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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 is the title of the screenplay that Cassie thinks will help Alex?
2. What does the prenuptial agreement between Alex and Cassie specify?
3. What is Alex's reaction when Cassie pours juice into his lap at the first meeting?
4. How do friends and staff treat Cassie upon her return?
5. What is the subject of the movie premiere that Cassie attends in Chapter Seventeen?
Short Essay Questions
1. Is Will looking after his own best interests by hiding Cassie?
2. How does Cassie's pregnancy affect her feelings for Alex?
3. Does Cassie lead Will on?
4. How does Alex and Cassie's relationship begin?
5. Is Cassie happy when she returns to the US to live with Alex in his mansion?
6. What most attracts Cassie to Alex?
7. Is Ophelia a good friend to Cassie?
8. How does the media coverage impact Cassie and Alex's relationship?
9. How does the movie premiere make Cassie feel?
10. What does Cassie learn from Cyrus and Dorothea?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Cassie tells the story with a surprising amount of sympathy towards her abuser.
1) Explain which character in Picture Perfect would give a most accurate description of the events? The least?
2) What other storytelling perspective (third person, journal entries) or character would give the most dramatically different rendition of events and why?
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
Alex uses multiple personas to get through life in a way that looks good to his audience.
1) At what points in Picture Perfect do you think that Alex is truly being himself rather than acting a role?
2) Why does Alex cease going to the therapy sessions with Cassie?
3) Does anyone else in the story seem to realize that Alex is always putting on an act? Explain.
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