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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. Where does a woman say in Chapter 4 that someone dumped a bag of puppies?

2. What is the name of the boy who has a tree frog on the field trip to the state park?

3. What is the weather like when Jack sees Alex in Chapter 10?

4. In Chapter 12, how many murders have been committed in the town?

5. In Chapter 9, where does a stray bite Alex?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What happens to Peekay in Chapter 23?

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

7. How is a dog dumped in Chapter 9, and how do Peekay and Alex deal with it?

8. Why did Anna and her mom argue the night before she disappeared?

9. Why is Jack not going to be valedictorian?

10. How does Adam finally break up with Peekay?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The climax in a novel is the highest point of tension and a turning point. What is the climax of The Female of the Species and why is that incident the climax?

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

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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