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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 Emira think Kelley is taking things slowly with her?
2. What happens to Kelley and Emira at the basketball game in Chapter 7?
3. In Chapter 4, what is the first thing Alix says to Emira after the incident at the grocery store?
4. What is the name of Alix's company?
5. Who are Alix's three best friends?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Mrs. Chamberlain ask Emira to take Briar to the grocery store late at night in Part I?
2. When does the reader realize that Alix and Kelley dated in high school?
3. Why does Alix tell Kelley she called the police on Robbier Cormier outside of her house in high school?
4. How does Alix leverage her status as a working mother very deliberately and manipulatively in Part I?
5. What happens when the Penn State shopper starts filming Emira's interactions with the security guard at the grocery store?
6. Why do Alix and Peter move to Philadelphia?
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. How does Alix receive so much free merchandise?
10. What does Kelley say to Emira at dinner in Chapter 7 that really upsets her, but she does not show how upset she is?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why does Emira ultimately decide that her relationship with Kelley will not likely work out in the long term, even after she discovers he is not responsible for releasing the video? Write an essay explaining 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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