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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. Which royal figure is pictured in a montage of jewelry?

2. Where does Eliot want to take Bebe on their third date?

3. Peggy Jean's fan sends her another e-mail, suggesting she work on stopping which addiction?

4. What was Bebe's father's occupation?

5. At the bookstore, Max and Leigh agree to do what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is ironic about the name of the motel where John and Nikki have a rendezvous?

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

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

5. What are some of the innuendos in the first three chapters?

6. After her time in rehab, what type of volunteer work does Peggy Jean start doing and why is this significant?

7. Describe Bebe Friedman's personal life.

8. Why do you think Peggy Jean's stalker keeps saying that Peggy Jean is hairy?

9. What do you think will happen once Adele knows she does not have any Native American ancestry?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

The word "hypocrisy" is not reserved for talking about religion, though that is one of its most frequent usages. Do you think that any characters could be called hypocritical? Defend your response.

Essay Topic 3

Most novels have a variety of character types, such as round, flat, static, dynamic and sympathetic. Choose two of these character types and select one character from the novel for each that you feel is the perfect example for the types. Explain your reasons, using quotes from the novel, why you believe these characters are the perfect examples of those character types.

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