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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 Tamra asks Emira in Chapter 14 that insults Emira?

2. What is the name of Alix's and Kelley's high school?

3. In Chapter 22, where does Emira go for her birthday?

4. In Chapter 11, what is one thing about Alix's appearance that has been upsetting her?

5. What phrase does Kelley suggest to say to Emira if he is not having a good time at the Chamberlains' house?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 19, what does Alix discover about Kelley from his Facebook page?

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

3. Why does Alix leak the video of Emira and the security guard to the media?

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

5. In Chapter 20, why does Emira have such a great week with Briar?

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

7. What really bothers Emira about Mrs. Chamberlain?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some assumptions Tamra seems to make about Emira at the Chamberlain Thanksgiving dinner that Emira is uncomfortable with? How does Emira react to some of Tamra's suggestions and overtures? 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 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.

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