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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. How many weeks away is the election when Riley attends the campaign dinner with their parents?
2. What label does Riley come to apply to the person threatening them within messages on Riley's blog?
3. How does Riley get knocked unconscious the night of the campaign event?
4. Who interrupts Bec and RIley's conversation on the ramp to ask Bec for $5?
5. What musician does Bec spot standing outside of the Viper Room?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Congressman Sean Cavanaugh say to Riley that causes Riley to angrily defend themselves?
2. Before Riley decides that one hour before their father's speech is not the best time to cause him further stress, what does Riley list among the things they finally feel ready to tell their father?
3. On the day before the night's outing to Bullet Hole Studios, Riley says that their "internal compass needle is absolutely pegged on F" (142) for female. What actions does Riley take as a result of this feeling?
4. What differences does Riley point out when saying how the media reacts to the story about Andie Gingham differently than how the LGBTQ community reacts to the story?
5. When Riley comes home from a night with Bec to discover over 10,000 people following the blog, how do their actual feelings differ from their expected feelings?
6. What advice does Riley give to the girl who writes a message about her brother keeping a box of girl's clothes in his closet?
7. What happens to ruin Riley and Congressman Sean Cavanaugh's period of closeness on the day spent in the congressman's office?
8. What aspects of the topics discussed at the QueerAlliance center meeting cause Riley to feel grateful for their own situation?
9. What horrific incident happens in the hours after the political fundraising dinner?
10. When Riley stands up for themselves in the confrontation with their father, what actions do they list among the ones taken with the congressman's well-being in mind?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How is the topic of individualism treated within the novel and how does its treatment relate to the book's repeated allusions to punk rock music?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the many instances of irony within the novel's narrative and analyze the author's purpose for including each instance you discuss.
Essay Topic 3
Sensory details are used frequently by the author in order to create vivid pictures of Riley's everyday experiences as a gender fluid teen. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used by the author set a particular mood for each of the three scenes.
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