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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. How does the flight attendant handle the meal situation with Peggy Jean?

2. What is the name of the church the Smythe family attends?

3. What is the name of the fan that sends Peggy Jean the criticizing e-mail?

4. Peggy Jean wonders if which Sellevision host is sending her the mean e-mails?

5. What is the name of the jewelry line that the royal's picture is being used to sell?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does a fellow patient in rehab tell Peggy Jean is the real reason Peggy Jean became an addict?

2. What concern does Bebe have about her new relationship with Eliot as they are on the Concorde on the way to Paris for a date?

3. Do you agree with Max's belief that much of life is luck?

4. 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?

5. Why do you think Bebe shops so much?

6. How do Adam and Max meet?

7. What is the subject of the sermon at church that particularly moves Peggy Jean?

8. Why is Max fired from the channel?

9. How does Sellevision cover Max's show hours once he's fired?

10. What has Peggy Jean been taught about divorce?

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 first two sentences of the book read, "'You exposed your penis on national television, Max. What am I supposed to do?'" What is/are the effect(s) of opening the book this way?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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