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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 Eva want to go to research a book?

2. What is Audre's bedroom wall covered in?

3. Where does Audre spend her summers?

4. Who is Audre's best friend?

5. Who is Other Mike?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ty ask Shane for money?

2. What does Lizette believe about dead plants?

3. What does Lizette do for a living in the present day?

4. What does Lizette always say about Mercier women?

5. Why does Audre get suspended from school?

6. Whose old house is Shane staying in while in New York?

7. Who supplies Annabelle with drugs?

8. Who is Annabelle Park?

9. Who sent Shane to jail when he was 17?

10. Who tells Eva he loves her in Chapter 21?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you explore theme of home. What makes a home? In particular, where or with whom do the characters (namely Eva or Shane) feel at home? Use examples from the text as evidence for your argument.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring the various settings of the book. Choose one particular setting and describe its significance to the characters and the story as a whole. Why is this setting important to the novel? Use examples from the text as support.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring Eva's fascination with her mother's idea that the women in her family are cursed. In what ways have they been cursed? In what ways does Eva, as she puts it, break the curse? In other words, how is she different from the other women in her family?

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