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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. With which singer does Peggy Jean host a show?

2. The third e-mail Peggy Jean receives also criticizes what part of her appearance?

3. The actual reason Leigh is upset with Howard is because ____ is going with him.

4. What gesture does Ricky make towards his mother in the car on the way to the movie?

5. Who recognizes Max while he's traveling for an interview in Chapter Three?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Adam tell Max about his job cleaning hotel rooms?

2. Why does Leigh believe Howard has given her more on-air hours after his return from his vacation with his wife?

3. Why is Max fired from the channel?

4. Now that you have read twelve chapters of the book, who do you believe is sending the e-mails to Peggy Jean?

5. 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?

6. Why do you think the shopping channels want hosts who are from different ethnic backgrounds?

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

8. Why do you think Peggy Jean selected the film "Gone With the Wind" to take the boys to?

9. Describe the show on Sellevision that Max sees after his interview with E-Z-Shop.

10. What reason does Ricky give to Peggy Jean for having pretended to be Zoe?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do you agree with how Howard handled the situation with Max at the beginning of the book? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

In class, you discussed the novel's setting of a shopping channel. How does the setting affect or influence the novel's plot developments? What points in the novel are highly impacted by the setting? What points would be similar if the novel had another main setting, such as a television news network or a customer call center for a cell phone company?

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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