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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. What is Emira's last name?
2. Who is Alix's infant daughter?
3. What does Tamra do for a living?
4. What is the name of the news station where Peter works?
5. Where does Emira work besides at the Chamberlains' house?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the chain of events that lead to a security guard questioning Emira about her relationship with Briar?
2. When does Emira see the Penn State shopper again and what happens when they meet for the first time after the grocery store?
3. What story does Kelley tell Emira about his high school girlfriend to demonstrate how rich she was?
4. How does Alix leverage her status as a working mother very deliberately and manipulatively in Part I?
5. Who does Emira call to come to the grocery store to vouch for her, and why does she call him?
6. What pieces of advice do Alix's friends give her about how she should behave towards Emira following the grocery store incident?
7. In Chapter 7, what happens to Kelley and Emira at a basketball game that makes Emira like Kelley more?
8. In Chapter 8, what does Alix tell her friends was her most embarrassing moment?
9. How does Emira react to the security guard's questioning in Part I?
10. What happens when the Penn State shopper starts filming Emira's interactions with the security guard at the grocery store?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Reid use the incident with Emira, the older white woman, and the security guard in the grocery store in Part I to set the tone, and the reader's expectations, for the rest of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
Why is Alix so shocked to find out that Emira has been working for the Green Party for longer than she has been working for the Chamberlains? Why does Alix seem to know so little about Emira even though Emira has worked for the Chamberlains for a lengthy amount of time? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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