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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, where does Jack playfully punch Alex?

2. How many good places are there to sit in Chapter 22?

3. How long have Jack and Branley been having sex?

4. Where does Alex hit one of Ray's friends and cracks bones?

5. What instrument does Peekay play?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Alex go jogging in Chapter 1?

2. Who does Jack offer to give a ride in Chapter 10?

3. Who reports the dumping of some puppies in Chapter 4?

4. In Chapter 15, what is it like at Alex's house and why?

5. What do Peekay and Alex do on Sunday in Chapter 16?

6. How does Alex kill someone?

7. Why does Alex stop Peekay from continuing to hit Branley?

8. What are Peekay's thoughts when Alex asks what her real name is?

9. What does Alex remember about a trip to the state park in third grade?

10. How does Peekay learn that her boyfriend is seeing someone else?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Setting is the place where a story happens. Where does The Female of the Species take place? How do Alex, Peekay, and Jack feel about the place and why?

Essay Topic 2

Jack and Peekay seem to have a close relationship with their parents. Alex longs to talk to her father, but is he absent. Her mother is present, but not emotionally. How is Alex’s relationship with her parents different from the relationships Jack and Peekay have with their parents?

Essay Topic 3

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view of The Female of the Species? How does the way that three first-person narrators are used influence what readers know about events and characters? How does following different characters help readers connect with and understand characters and events?

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