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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. In Chapter 10, who questions Emira about her emotional state?

2. What does Alix say when she sees Kelley for the first time in Chapter 12?

3. Why does Alix want Emira to come to Thanksgiving dinner so badly?

4. How does Alix think Emira and Kelley met?

5. Why does Emira use the computer at Alix's house in Chapter 21?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens at Thanksgiving dinner that highlights Emira's attention to Briar and Alix's neglect of Briar?

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

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

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

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

6. Who knows Emira the best of all her friends, and how does the reader know this?

7. What really bothers Emira about Mrs. Chamberlain?

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

9. Why does Alix want Emira to come to Thanksgiving dinner so badly?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Do you think Alix Chamberlain is capable of exploring her own mistakes and moral lapses in relation to her attitudes towards both Emira and Kelley? Write an essay explaining why or why not, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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