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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. What is Stacy’s last name in the novel?

2. What does the doctor say Sia’s last name is in Chapter 7?

3. How many siblings does Sia have in the novel?

4. What are the names of Kyle’s friends from the bakery that Sia passes on her way to the empty desk in history class in Chapter 19?

5. What is Sia’s father’s name in the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sia’s mother respond when Sia asks her why they are so wealthy in Chapter 9?

2. What danger does Sia encounter in Chapter 15? Who appears to intervene on Sia’s account?

3. What advice does Carol give to Sia regarding her situation in Chapter 20?

4. What exchange takes place between Sia and Duke in Chapter 10? How does Sia feel about Duke?

5. How does the doctor at the hospital describe Sia’s condition and its cause in Chapter 7?

6. Whom does Sia encounter at the bakery in Chapter 14? What does Sia order there?

7. Whom does Sia encounter at the food trucks in Chapter 2? What does this character offer to buy Sia?

8. What does Carol teach Sia in Chapter 5? What does Carol tell Sia about finding work?

9. How much money does Sia’s mother give her for lunch in Chapter 11? How does Sia respond?

10. How is Sia’s mother described when Sia first observes her in Chapter 13?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of forgiveness in Sia. How does Sia learn in the course of the novel to forgive both others and herself? How does this theme apply to the other main characters in the story?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the condition of fugue amnesia. What are the causes, treatments and prognosis for this disorder? What treatment does the doctor suggest Sia undertake?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the characters of Bill and Beth in the narrative. How are the appearances of these characters described? What does Sia assume about these characters when she first encounters them? What is the apparent reality of Bill and Beth?

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