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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. In Chapter 10, Queenie has a sexual encounter with which character for the first time?

2. On which day of high school did Queenie meet Kyazike, "pronounced chess-keh" (64)?

3. In what type of hospital unit does the novel Queenie first begin?

4. In Chapter 11, there is a flashback of which Christmas Queenie spent with Tom's family?

5. Queenie tells Darcy in Chapter 5 that she is keeping a list of resolutions in what place?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what purpose does Carty-Williams include a text from Darcy in Chapter 6 after Queenie has gone home with a stranger?

2. What response does Queenie receive in answer to her text to Tom in Chapter 9?

3. How is the Christmas Eve depicted in Chapter 12 different than any of Queenie's past three Christmas Eves?

4. What is the significance of the phrase "couple goals" (44) in Chapter 3?

5. What new definition of courage does Sylvie provide at the end of Chapter 12 and for what purpose?

6. Who is Diana?

7. Which two people on earth are allowed to touch Queenie's hair and why?

8. For what transgression does Gina scold Queenie in Chapter 7?

9. How does Queenie come to own an OKCupid profile in Chapter 3?

10. With whom does Queenie go home in Chapter 6 and how does the encounter make her feel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze Carty-Williams from an Existential perspective. What elements of life does it suggest hold the most meaning and why?

Essay Topic 2

What is the central purpose of the work Queenie? What response do you think Carty-Williams wants from the text’s audience? How does each character support Carty-Williams’s purpose?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the interplay between the resolution of Queenie and one of the novel's main messages. How does Carty-Williams make connections between these elements and how does their juxtaposition help them get across one main message of the novel?

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