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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 good places are there to sit in Chapter 22?

2. How many counties does the animal shelter serve where Peekay and Alex volunteer?

3. In Chapter 18, when does Alex remember going on a field trip to the state park?

4. Where is Jack in Chapter 17 when he and Branley have sex?

5. In Chapter 4, how does Alex spend the last 15 minutes of her first day at the animal shelter?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when Park reaches for Alex at the end of Chapter 7?

3. How does Alex kill someone?

4. How has Alex's wrath impacted the world around her?

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

6. What happens to Peekay in Chapter 23?

7. What does Jack ask his father to help him do in Chapter 20?

8. Why does Alex go jogging in Chapter 1?

9. In Chapter 23, when kids at a party start talking about Comstock, what does Alex say happened to the man?

10. Why is Jack not going to be valedictorian?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Peekay reveals to Alex that her real name is Claire. What does Peekay stand for? In what way is a nickname and also an image of who Peekay is or who people expect her to be?

Essay Topic 2

Metaphors and similes are figures of speech that are used to make comparisons between things. Metaphors seem to imply an equal comparison, while similes seem to imply a similarity between two things. Does McGinnis use more metaphors or similes in the novel? How does the use of metaphors or similes help readers comprehend concepts? How does the use of metaphors or similes help make the writing more interesting or easier to understand?

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the novel, there are terrible messages on the bathroom walls and in the halls. What is connection between the graffiti and misogyny?

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