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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 does Kelley text Emira at the end of Chapter 14?

2. What does Tamra do to try to help Alix at the end of Chapter 19?

3. Where does Alix go in Chapter 21 after Emira and Briar leave?

4. What is one reason Emira is so annoyed at Kelley in Chapter 18?

5. How does Alix feel as she cries with her friends at brunch in Chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 21, what does Alix realize she has done that could have had terrible consequences?

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

3. How does Alix react when she realizes that Kelley Copeland is Emira's boyfriend?

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

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

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

7. How does Emira come to believe that Kelley leaked the video?

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

9. What does Kelley tell Emira after Thanksgiving dinner about Alix?

10. What does Tamra advise Alix to do as far as communicating what she knows about Kelley to Emira?

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 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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