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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. Who is late to dinner?

2. What does Deanna reject as Darren is leaving?

3. Where does Tommy go when he is ostensibly taking Deanna home?

4. With what does Deanna feel uncomfortable?

5. When is Deanna to meet up with Jason?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Deanna realize about Tommy and about herself?

2. What do Deanna and Darren do together that evening?

3. What does Stacy say about Darren's belief in Deanna?

4. Where does Stacy say she was and what does Darren say when Deanna calls him and what is Deanna's response?

5. What does Darren learn when he calls Stacy's family?

6. Describe the situation that interrupts Deanna's questioning of Jason about her time with Tommy.

7. What happens when Deanna and Jason kiss?

8. How does Deanna comfort Stacy when Stacy talks about Stacy's recent running away?

9. Why is Deanna surprised at work and why is Darren surprised when he arrives at her workplace?

10. How does Deanna end up being in a car with Tommy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many readers of fiction place themselves in the position of one character, wondering if they would do the same thing as that character. Discuss the following:

1. Do you think one of the values of literature is to serve as a reflection of oneself? Why or why not?

2. Socrates said "Know thyself." How can reading a book such as Story of a Girl help a reader to know him/herself? Do you find yourself reflecting on your own character and abilities when reading Story of a Girl? Why or why not.

3. Choose one specific incident in Story of a Girl to discuss and compare the character's response to how you think you would respond.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Deanna finally speaks her mind to Tommy and to her father. There is clearly the sense here that Deanna is becoming both stronger and more courageous, less self-pitying (a state that some of her journal entries and narration tend to suggest) and less willing to both perceive herself as, and act as, a victim. She is, in short, clearly both ready and willing to move on from her past, a situation that is clearly a contrast to both Darren and her father, and which, as later events confirm, serves to inspire both of them to at least a degree of both letting go and moving on. Deanna is, in short, both a hero in her own life and, as a result, an inspiration in the lives of others.

1. Discuss the ways in which Deanna seems to be changing after speaking her mind to Tommy. Use examples from Story of a Girl and your own life to support your answer.

2. Discuss the reason for which Deanna might see herself as a victim. Use examples from Story of a Girl and your own life to support your answer.

3. Discuss why or why not Deanna might be considered a heroine. Use examples from Story of a Girl and your own life to support your answer.

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