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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. Where does Lydia help Claire find the work files Adam might be looking for?

2. What does Claire remember that Allison was talking about when she hit her?

3. In Chapter 1, how old is a girl who is missing?

4. Before Julia disappeared, what color scarf did she let her sister borrow?

5. How old was Julia when she disappeared?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Sam remember that they searched for Julia?

2. What was Claire's punishment for hitting Allison?

3. When Lydia brings up the fact that Paul tried to rape her, what offenses does Claire bring up?

4. What does Lydia tell Claire about Paul's attempted rape?

5. What does Dee tell Lydia when Lydia is driving her to an away game?

6. What are Claire's thoughts after Paul's funeral?

7. What had Lydia told Claire about Paul 18 years ago?

8. What does the man look like who robs Claire and Paul in the alley?

9. Why did Claire assault Allison Hendrickson?

10. How had Paul's obsessive compulsive disorder manifested itself?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

An allusion is a figure of speech that does not directly refer to a person, place, or thing. What are some allusions in Pretty Girls? Why might it be difficult to decipher an allusion just by the context of a passage in a book? How do the allusions Slaughter uses help readers’ understanding of characters or concepts?

Essay Topic 2

Characterization is the process an author uses to reveal a character’s personality. How does Slaughter reveal Paul’s character traits in Pretty Girls?

Essay Topic 3

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What points of view are used in Pretty Girls? How do these points of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does changing the point of view help readers connect with and understand the characters?

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