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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sia say Stacy stops by the donation table to donate in Chapter 34?
(a) A can of ravioli.
(b) A bag of donuts.
(c) A check for $1,000.
(d) A check for $50.

2. What is written on the note that accompanies Amber’s donation in Chapter 36?
(a) “Just because they’re homeless doesn’t mean they have to get fat.”
(b) “Call me.”
(c) “I’m sorry for everything I said. Will you forgive me? – Amber.”
(d) “Please accept these gifts as taxable charities.”

3. What does Sia say Kyle is studying in college in the Epilogue?
(a) English literature.
(b) Business management.
(c) Colonial history.
(d) Social work.

4. Sia says in Chapter 32 that one of the checks she’s gotten during the night included one from a rapper for how much money?
(a) $20,000.
(b) $8,000.
(c) $30,000.
(d) $10,000.

5. Sia’s picture is on the front page of what publication that Roberta rushes up with in Chapter 34?
(a) The L.A. Times.
(b) People Magazine.
(c) Time Magazine.
(d) The New York Times.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the counselor that enters and introduces himself to Sia and her father in the visitation room at the rehab center at the end of Chapter 21?

2. Sia’s father tells him that he’s meeting with a screenwriter on Sunday night after the Oscars at what party in Chapter 21?

3. What fault line runs through the western side of California?

4. How much money does Sia say the British soccer player wrote a check for in Chapter 32?

5. What smell does Sia associate with Kyle in the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sia’s mother respond to the news that Sia will attend the Oscars in Chapter 25?

2. What exchange takes place between Sia and Amber in the beginning of Chapter 26?

3. Where does Alyz send Sia and Kyle as she talks to her friends in Chapter 32? What do they do?

4. What do Sia and her parents learn about the earthquake once it ends in Chapter 22?

5. What does Amber say to Sia when she encounters her outside the restroom in Chapter 38?

6. How does Kyle respond when he learns that Sia’s memory has come back in Chapter 41?

7. How is the family therapy session that Sia’s family undergoes described in Chapter 22?

8. Where does Sia go after school in Chapter 24? How successful is Sia in her objective?

9. How does Sia’s mother appear when Sia and her father first see her at the rehab clinic in Chapter 21? What does Sia’s mother say of her time there?

10. What idea does Alyz present to Sia in Chapter 24? What leads Alyz to this idea?

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