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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lee do while everyone else is at the dance in Chapter 1?
(a) Steal money.
(b) Look at yearbooks.
(c) Talk with her advisor.
(d) Paint.

2. What item of clothing is associated with a surprise holiday, as explained in Chapter 2?
(a) A red baseball hat.
(b) A tan shirt.
(c) A plaid tie.
(d) A green jacket.

3. What is the name of Cross's girlfriend in Chapter 2?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Sammie.
(c) Sophie.
(d) Stacy.

4. As Lee explains at the end of Chapter 5, parents’ weekend marked the last time Lee would do what?
(a) See her parents.
(b) Talk to her parents.
(c) Argue with her parents.
(d) Cry in front of her parents.

5. What word does Lee use to describe the accessory worn by the intern English teacher in Chapter 4?
(a) Funny.
(b) Frail.
(c) Frumpy.
(d) Funky.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Lee in Chapter 1, what is the source of the strange smell in Lee's dorm room?

2. What is Conchita's ethnicity, as explained in Chapter 3?

3. What does Lee decide about the accessory worn by the intern English teacher at the end of Chapter 4?

4. What musician do Conchita and Lee discuss in Chapter 3?

5. According to Lee in Chapter 4, what is a holdover from her parents’ generation and does not apply to the students at Ault?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are circumstances around Lee's assassination in Chapter 3?

2. Why do Lee and her father blow up at one another in Chapter 5? What is the culmination of this argument?

3. Who are Maria and Rufina, and what do they think of Ault? Why is this, according to Lee?

4. Why does Aspeth get in trouble during her English presentation? How does she respond? What does she later reveal to Lee?

5. Who is the intern English teacher, and what accessory does she often wear in Chapter 4? What does Lee think about this accessory over the course of the chapter?

6. Where do Lee and Martha go in Chapter 3?

7. How does Lee describe Conchita in Section 3?

8. What does Lee discover in her home at the end of Chapter 5? What does it make her realize?

9. Discuss two ways Lee’s parents embarrass her during the parents’ weekend at Ault. How does Lee react?

10. Who is Gates and what does the reader learn about her in Chapter 1?

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