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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. Where does Emira tell Kelley to meet her in Chapter 5?

2. What does Emira eat about four times per week?

3. Who comes to Alix's house in high school that leads her to call the police?

4. What business are Shaunie's family in?

5. Who was Alix's housekeeper in high school?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Emira react to the security guard's questioning in Part I?

2. Why do Alix and Peter move to Philadelphia?

3. What story does Kelley tell Emira about his high school girlfriend to demonstrate how rich she was?

4. Why is Alix attracted to Emira rather than to someone who knows and admires her own work when she is hiring a babysitter?

5. How does Alix receive so much free merchandise?

6. In Chapter 6, why does Alix look at Emira's phone surreptitiously and regularly?

7. In Chapter 8, what does Alix tell her friends was her most embarrassing moment?

8. How does Alix feel about her old housekeeper from her childhood, Claudette, and why?

9. What are the chain of events that lead to a security guard questioning Emira about her relationship with Briar?

10. Why does Mrs. Chamberlain ask Emira to take Briar to the grocery store late at night in Part I?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do Emira's feelings about Alix Chamberlain change over the course of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

How would you characterize Alix's feelings about Emira, and how do they change over the course of the novel? Why do her feelings toward Emira change?

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