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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 day of the week are the cages cleaned out at the animal shelter?

2. What is the image on Branley's phone that Peekay notices in Chapter 7?

3. Where does Jack buy all his clothes?

4. What instrument does Peekay play?

5. In Chapter 24, who does Alex remember punching at a basketball game after he snapped Anna's bra?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Officer Nolan say happened to Comstock?

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

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

4. What happens to Peekay in Chapter 23?

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

6. What does Peekay know about Ray Parsons, a tweaker at a party in Chapter 22?

7. How does Adam finally break up with Peekay?

8. Why does Alex go jogging in Chapter 1?

9. Why does Peekay believe in God?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Peekay’s parents tend to quote proverbs during troubled times. What are some proverbs commonly used by Peekay’s parents? Why does Peekay at first see the proverbs as trite? How and why does she come to see their value and truth?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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