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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 does Deanna think of Darren as a father?
2. What did Tommy tell Deanna on the day she first felt drawn to him?
3. Where do Darren and Stacy work?
4. Why does Deanna's father say he is having difficulty being compassionate with Deanna?
5. Who is described as overweight but friendly?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens when Deanna goes to a pizza parlor to drop off a resume?
2. What happens with Deanna when she is thirteen?
3. Who interrupts the assault on Deanna and how is he treated?
4. What does Deanna and Lee do before Deanna has to work one evening?
5. What does Deanna say about April and what is Deanna's fantasy concerning April and April's parents?
6. How does Deanna's surfer girl stories become journal entries?
7. What does Stacy suggest when she picks up Deanna at work?
8. How do Deanna and Lee become friends?
9. What does Deanna write in her journal after Tommy invited her to do something with him?
10. What happens to Deanna on the last day of school three years after the incident with Tommy?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Characters are an important part of what makes Story of a Girl interesting. Discuss the following:
1. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Deanna. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.
2. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Deanna's father. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.
3. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Tommy. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.
Essay Topic 2
1. What is foreshadowing? How many incidences of foreshadowing are in Story of a Girl? How does foreshadowing contribute to a book's suspense?
2. Discuss an example of foreshadowing in Story of a Girl including why you believe it is foreshadowing. Include examples from the book and your own life to illustrate your answer.
3. How do you think most people react to uncertainty in their lives? Use examples from Story of a Girl and your own life to support your opinion.
Essay Topic 3
Many novels, and perhaps a majority, of novels ends on a happy note. Discuss the following:
1. Why do you think many (most?) people want what they perceive as a happy or good ending to a novel? Explain your opinion. Do you? Why or why not?
2. What are three reasons to read fiction? Discuss each one in light of Story of a Girl and whether or not it fulfills all three, two or one of the reasons you mention. Give examples as to why Story of a Girl is or is not successful in fulfilling the reasons you discuss.
3. Do you think reading solely for entertainment is as good a reason to read as any other? Why or why not? Can any work of fiction or non-fiction, no matter how poorly written, enlighten, teach, stimulate thought? Why or why not?
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