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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 Laney Thacker's child?
2. What is Alix's maiden name?
3. What does Emira have Kelley listed as in her phone?
4. Which campaign does Alix want to work for in Chapter 2?
5. What does Kelley tell Emira about how he broke up with his high school girlfriend?
Short Essay Questions
1. What surprises Emira and her friends when Kelley shows up to the bar with them in Chapter 5?
2. When does the reader realize that Alix and Kelley dated in high school?
3. In Chapter 8, what does Alix tell her friends was her most embarrassing moment?
4. How does Alix feel about her old housekeeper from her childhood, Claudette, and why?
5. Who does Emira call to come to the grocery store to vouch for her, and why does she call him?
6. Why is Alix attracted to Emira rather than to someone who knows and admires her own work when she is hiring a babysitter?
7. What story does Kelley tell Emira about his high school girlfriend to demonstrate how rich she was?
8. What happens when the Penn State shopper starts filming Emira's interactions with the security guard at the grocery store?
9. Why do Alix and Peter move to Philadelphia?
10. How does Alix receive so much free merchandise?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why is Emira so annoyed with Alix when Alix opts to get Briar a new fish rather than to have a conversation with Briar about her old fish dying? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.
Essay Topic 2
How does Alix use her children and her status as a wealthy white mother to advance her career in what could be perceived as a manipulative or contrived manner at different points in the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 3
Why does Emira often feel as if she is lagging behind her closest friends, Josefa, Shaunie, and Zara, in reaching the milestones of adulthood? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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