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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 activity does Riley often engage in with Casey?
2. What simile does Riley use to describe Kanada's greeting of Bec when the two attend a Queer Alliance meeting?
3. What is the reason why Riley cannot access the fire escape on the night of the campaign event?
4. What is the name of Bec's band?
5. With what materials is the note taped to the inside of Riley's locker constructed?
Short Essay Questions
1. Outline the reasons for Riley's feelings that they are finally beginning to settle in at Park Hills High School.
2. What aspects of the topics discussed at the QueerAlliance center meeting cause Riley to feel grateful for their own situation?
3. What quality of Riley's father's personality inspires Riley's envy?
4. What does Congressman Sean Cavanaugh say to Riley that causes Riley to angrily defend themselves?
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 horrific incident happens in the hours after the political fundraising dinner?
7. 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?
8. Which of the reporters' questions make it clear to Riley that they have been outed against their will?
9. 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?
10. What evidence does Bec provide for her pronouncement that Riley is "a total pop whore" (148)?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze the novel Symptoms of Being Human from an Existential perspective. What elements of life does it suggest hold the most meaning and why?
Essay Topic 2
What is the function of Solo's character within the novel? Discuss the characterization methods used by the author in depicting Solo and include in your discussion the reasons that the author portrays this character in these particular ways.
Essay Topic 3
William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of the Individual versus Society is demonstrated within Jeff Garvin's novel Symptoms of Being Human. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the book.
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