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

2. To what fast food restaurant does the Smythe family go to after church?

3. Where does Max go to find a date?

4. In Chapter Five, with whom does Max have a job interview?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Max's agent let him go?

2. Do you think that Leigh is right to be worried about Peggy Jean?

3. What is significant about the gift that Eliot sends to Bebe after their first date?

4. Why do you think Bebe shops so much?

5. Why does Peggy Jean become self-conscious about her ear?

6. Why is Don upset after a difficult cooking segment?

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

8. What do you think of Leigh's memorable jewelry broadcast?

9. Do you think there is any significance to the name of the place that Bebe and her date will be meeting for the first time? Why or why not?

10. Describe Bebe Friedman's personal life.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In class you discussed the structure of the novel (chapter lengths, internal divisions of the chapters, etc.). The chapters were simply numbered with no titles. Why might the author have decided to use numbers and no titles? What are the benefits and disadvantages of this set-up for the reader? You may find it helpful, when structuring your response, to select one or two chapters and create titles for them, and use them as examples. (Sample: "If Burroughs had titled the first chapter 'Introduction,' one benefit for the reader would be...")

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Why do you think Peggy Jean is so bothered by Zoe's comments in her e-mails?

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