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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 the name of Briar's goldfish that died?

2. In Chapter 18, what shocks Kelley about Emira's job?

3. How does Emira label Kelley in her phone at the end of her birthday night?

4. What does Alix notice about all of Kelley's ex-girlfriends?

5. How does Emira demonstrate her happiness for Shaunie at Shaunie's apartment in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 21, why does Alix call Laney Thacker?

2. What does Emira seem to think of Tamra's overtures to her about her hair at Thanksgiving?

3. What does Kelley tell Emira in his text message to her at Thanksgiving after discovering she works for Alix?

4. In Chapter 21, how does Alix feel after she tells Emira about Kelley only seeming to want to date Black women?

5. What important information does Kelley reveal at Thanksgiving about how he and Emira met?

6. In Chapter 10, what news does Shaunie share that makes Emira feel bad?

7. In Chapter 10, what does Kelley tell Emira to do when she calls him about her bad day?

8. What really bothers Emira about Mrs. Chamberlain?

9. In Chapter 21, why does Alix go to find Kelley at work to speak to him?

10. During Thanksgiving dinner, what does Tamra assume about Emira that Emira resents?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Alix use her children and her status as a wealthy white mother to advance her career in what could be perceived as a manipulative or contrived manner at different points in the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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