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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 do Emira and her friend do with Briar to keep Briar entertained in Chapter 1?
2. What does Kelley say the wine Emira brings to dinner tastes like?
3. Who are the only people who call Alix Mrs. Chamberlain?
4. Who comes to Alix's house in high school that leads her to call the police?
5. Where do Alix and Peter move to from New York City?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Kelley say to Emira at dinner in Chapter 7 that really upsets her, but she does not show how upset she is?
2. In Chapter 6, what gift does Alix give to Emira that has some significance to Emira?
3. Who does Emira call to come to the grocery store to vouch for her, and why does she call him?
4. Why does Mrs. Chamberlain ask Emira to take Briar to the grocery store late at night in Part I?
5. What surprises Emira and her friends when Kelley shows up to the bar with them in Chapter 5?
6. Why does Emira ask the Penn State shopper to delete the video he took of her?
7. In Chapter 7, what happens to Kelley and Emira at a basketball game that makes Emira like Kelley more?
8. When does the reader realize that Alix and Kelley dated in high school?
9. When does Emira see the Penn State shopper again and what happens when they meet for the first time after the grocery store?
10. What story does Kelley tell Emira about his high school girlfriend to demonstrate how rich she was?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
What are some of the ways in which Reid highlights Alix's increasing disinterest in, and alienation from, her own children? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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