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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. Who is Rufina dating, as explained in Chapter 5?

2. What is the name of the student who first asks Lee to cut his hair in Chapter 4?

3. What is the name of Maria’s roommate, as explained at the start of Chapter 5?

4. In what state is Ault located?

5. To whom does Lee’s father introduce himself during the parents’ weekend lunch in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Lee discover about the thief at the end of Chapter 1?

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

4. Why do Lee and Dede argue near the end of Chapter 1?

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

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

7. According to Lee in Chapter 2, how is she different at Ault compared to how she was at her old school?

8. What talent does Lee discover in Chapter 4? What does Martha think of this talent?

9. 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?

10. What is Lee's plan to kill her second target, McGrath, in Chapter 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Cross Sugarman and Dave Bardo. How does each treat Lee, and how does Lee treat each? To what can the reader attribute such behavior? Support your answers with examples from the text.

Essay Topic 2

William Faulkner once wrote, “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” Explain how the novel illustrates this idea.

Essay Topic 3

What is the role of passivity to the novel? How is Lee a passive character? How does Lee’s passivity prevent her from engaging with others at Ault?

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