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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. How does Stacy react to what Deanna let slip?
2. Why does Stacy withdraw her suggestion to Deanna?
3. How does Deanna describe Stacy?
4. To what does Deanna's mother invite her/
5. How does one version of the story portray Deanna?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Deanna transform her experience with Tommy?
2. What happens with Deanna when she is thirteen?
3. About what does Deanna's father hint at when she sees him at home after school?
4. How do Stacy and Jason react to Deanna's dream of moving out of home with Stacy and Darren?
5. What does Deanna discover when she arrives at work and how does her boss offer his support?
6. What does Tommy invite Deanna to do that reminds her of a time she felt drawn to him?
7. How does Deanna respond to Lee's dilemma?
8. What does Lee ask Deanna's advice concerning Jason?
9. What happens to Deanna on the last day of school three years after the incident with Tommy?
10. What happens at the first place Deanna and Lee drop off Deanna's resume, and what is Lee's take on the situation?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Often, authors will write about "what they know," and sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the books more interesting. Discuss the following:
1. Research and give a brief biographical sketch of Sara Zarr.
2. What in Zarr's background may have helped her in writing Story of a Girl? What may have influenced the way she depicts various characters and scenes?
3. Do you think there is always some of the author's own life in his/her novels? Why or why not? Give examples.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss one of the following:
1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in Story of a Girl.
2. Trace and analyze one major theme of Story of a Girl. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?
3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of Story of a Girl. How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?
Essay Topic 3
Characters are an integral and important part of almost all novels. Discuss the following:
1. Compare/contrast the characters of Deanna and Darren. How are they similar? How are they different? Is there a flaw in each of their personalities? Be specific and give examples.
2. Compare/contrast the characters of Deanna and Lee. How do they seem different? Which do you like more? Why? Which one seems more of a well-rounded character?
3. Thoroughly analyze how three of the secondary characters in Story of a Girl help drive the plot and what their contribution is to the storyline. Are any of the secondary characters unnecessary? Indispensable? Which of the secondary characters are likable? Which are either unlikable or even despicable? Be specific and give examples.
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