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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 part of Ray comes off when Alex pulls the chain off that he is wearing?

2. In Chapter 4, who does Alex tell a woman is her supervisor?

3. What is the name of the tweaker who notices Peekay in Chapter 22?

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

5. Where is Peekay parked in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Alex kill someone?

2. What happens to Peekay in Chapter 23?

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

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

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

6. How does Adam finally break up with Peekay?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Jack is a popular athlete. How does McGinnis reveal his character traits? How would you describe his character?

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