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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. Why does the security guard question Emira about her relationship with Briar?

2. Where did Alix go to college?

3. What is Alix's maiden name?

4. Who is Peter Chamberlain's co-anchor?

5. What television show does Kelley ask Emira if she remembers?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Emira ask the Penn State shopper to delete the video he took of her?

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

3. What pieces of advice do Alix's friends give her about how she should behave towards Emira following the grocery store incident?

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

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

6. Why do Alix and Peter move to Philadelphia?

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

8. When does the reader realize that Alix and Kelley dated in high school?

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

10. When does Emira see the Penn State shopper again and what happens when they meet for the first time after the grocery store?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are Peter Chamberlain's on-air comments, which some construe as racist, Alix's decision to call the police on Robbie Cormier in high school, and the incident with Emira and the security guard at the grocery store all related? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What is the significance of Kelley's phrase, "I think it would be best if we went our separate ways, and if those paths never again connected" (95)? Why is the phrase so devastating to Alix when Emira intentionally uses it at the end of 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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