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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. When the Lifetime show Leigh is watching ends, what does Leigh do?
2. What is the name of the show's associate producer?
3. From which vendor did Trish's jewelry come?
4. The actual reason Leigh is upset with Howard is because ____ is going with him.
5. Where does John ask Peggy Jean to take their sons so that he is left alone at home?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Peggy Jean become self-conscious about her ear?
2. On her flight back from Milan, where does Peggy Jean store what she steals from the unattended food cart, and what does she leave behind to make room for it?
3. Describe Bebe Friedman's personal life.
4. Describe the show on Sellevision that Max sees after his interview with E-Z-Shop.
5. How does Sellevision cover Max's show hours once he's fired?
6. Once she has returned from Milan, why does Peggy Jean suspect that Trish is actually Zoe?
7. Do you agree with Max's belief that much of life is luck?
8. After her time in rehab, what type of volunteer work does Peggy Jean start doing and why is this significant?
9. Why do you think Peggy Jean asks her neighbor Tina about adding the potato chips to the tuna casserole?
10. In the car on the way to the movies, why do you think Ricky uses gestures behind Peggy Jean's back to express how he's feeling towards her, instead of telling her?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does the author employ irony in the novel? Is it used effectively, ineffectively, or both?
Essay Topic 2
The novel mentions the Lifetime television network often. Men in the novel--Max, in particular--seem to view Lifetime differently than women, such as Leigh and Bebe. How does each gender view the network? Why do you think there is such a difference between men and women on this issue in the novel?
Essay Topic 3
Peggy Jean is not the only mother mentioned in the book. Don discusses his mother, as does Max. How are these mothers, as well as others, characterized?
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