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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 beverage does Gundi offer to Jax during their discussion?

2. After leaving Vegas, where do the women stop next?

3. To what does Jax compare the knowledge of his affair with Gundi?

4. What famous doll does the waitress at the coffee shop collect?

5. What is the name of the town where Alice's cousin, Sugar, lives?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Taylor beginning to be upset with Barbie as they are driving away from Vegas?

2. How does Alice figure out that Turtle is Cash's granddaughter?

3. How does Taylor's date with Kevin go?

4. Who is Boma Mellowbug and what does she see?

5. What does Cash tell Alice about boarding schools while they are on their date?

6. In what way do Alice and Annawake work together in the retelling of the story of the Pigs in Heaven?

7. What decisions do Alice and Taylor make about their lives after their confrontation with Annawake?

8. What changes about Turtle's medical status after her reoccurring stomachaches?

9. Where are Turtle and Jax when Annawake arrives on Taylor's property for the first time?

10. How does Annawake describe Alice to Letty, and what is Letty's response?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When the reader is first introduced to Annawake's character, it is through the filtered voice of her secretary Jinny. Describe the way that Jinny views Annawake, and compare / contrast that to Annawake's own view of herself. Finally, discuss whether Jinny's view of Annawake at the beginning of the novel was an accurate assessment, and why.

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the novel, the symbolism of pigs is used in various forms. Choose two examples in which pigs are used as symbols in the novel and explain how those symbols reflected the larger themes presented in Turtle's story.

Essay Topic 3

The varying forms of relationship status in romantic relationships becomes a large theme in the novel. Explain how definition in Taylor's relationship with Jax, and Alice's relationship with Cash changed during the course of Turtle's custody battle, and why those changes were important to the fight they all were partaking in.

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