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

2. What words are at the end of a threatening e-mail Peggy Jean receives?

3. What phobia does Peggy Jean seem to have?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter Four, how does Trish's father treat her?

2. Why does Bebe compare her relationship with Eliot to that of Peggy Jean and John?

3. Why is Peggy Jean such a popular host?

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

5. Why do you think Bebe shops so much?

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

7. Why does Bebe say that Peggy Jean is shameless?

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

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

10. How does Peggy Jean react to not being recognized by the flight attendant?

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

Class discussions have covered a number of the novel's themes: marriage; responsibility; appearances; addiction; societal taboos; and ethnicity. Which of those themes (as well as any others discussed) do you feel is the strongest or most prevalent in the novel? Use examples and quotes from the novel to support your argument.

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