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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. Following their graduation from Ault, which individual opens an interior design boutique?

2. Who is excited about Lee’s upcoming date with Dave in Chapter 6?

3. What does Lee demand Cross not do in Chapter 8?

4. In what play does Cross act in Chapter 8?

5. What is the name of Lee’s younger brother, with whom she argues during Christmas break in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Lee get punished in Chapter 8? What punishment is she given, and what happens?

2. What does Headmaster Byden tell Lee during their meeting in Chapter 8?

3. Into what college is Lee accepted in Chapter 8? Where is she rejected?

4. What does Angie tell Lee during their phone call after the article is published in Chapter 8?

5. What warning does Dede give to Lee in Chapter 6? How does Lee feel about her words?

6. What evidence does Lee have in Chapter 8 that leads her to conclude that Cross cares about her?

7. What happens with the flowers on Valentine’s Day in Chapter 8? How does Lee react?

8. According to Lee in Chapter 6, what information might have changed the way Dave saw Lee? Why does she think this?

9. What happens to Sin-Jun at the start of Chapter 6? How does Lee learn this information?

10. What restrictions does Lee place on Cross after they begin secretly seeing one another in Chapter 8? How does he react to these terms?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The antagonist of a novel is a character or force who works in opposition to the protagonist. Who is the antagonist of the novel? Cross? Aspeth? Ault? Lee herself? What do you think? Make a case for that which you believe best fits the criteria of an antagonist in Prep.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Lee’s contradictory characteristics. In what ways does she see the world around her clearly? In what ways does she lack understanding?

Essay Topic 3

The power of money is a major theme of Prep. Choose three situations in which this theme is illustrated. Explain how each situation illustrates this theme, and evaluate what the author is trying to say about this subject.

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