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

3. In Chapter 22, what color tank top is Branley wearing?

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

5. In Chapter 10, where does Jack playfully punch Alex?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Officer Nolan say happened to Comstock?

2. How does Alex kill someone?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why does Alex go jogging in Chapter 1?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Imagery is a literary device authors use to describe something using the five senses to help readers experience what a character is experiencing. How does McGinnis use imagery to help readers imagine the world she has created?

Essay Topic 3

Alex and Peekay react to troubling situations in different ways. How do Alex and Peekay react to troubling situations? Whose reactions are empathetic and whose are sympathetic?

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