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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 does Alex fix for her and Peekay to eat in Chapter 25?

2. What type of tea does Peekay's mother often drink to help her deal with life?

3. Why did Brian Spurlani have to quit trying to play ball at Fairmont?

4. Who does Alex say helped Peekay after she was nearly assaulted by buttoning up her blouse and making sure a friend had her phone?

5. How many guys has Peekay kissed other than Adam?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the basketball game end in Chapter 35?

2. Why does Alex refer to herself as a wolf?

3. Why does Jack miss Branley, yet keep his distance?

4. How has the newness faded in Jack's relationship with Alex in Chapter 37?

5. What conversation has Jack had with his father about love, and why does he realize his father is right?

6. Where does Peekay wake in Chapter 25?

7. What does Alex think about anger, herself, and her dad?

8. Why does Peekay go to Branley's house in Chapter 30?

9. In Chapter 39, how are Peekay and Park talking?

10. In Chapter 42, what pain does Jack notice in Alex?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 6, Jack comments that he is "the guy who other people want to be" (24). Is Jack arrogant or simply confident in his abilities?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

When the law cannot prosecute the man who kills Alex's sister, she kills him. When Ray Parsons and his friends nearly rape Peekay, Alex uses violence to punish them. Does Alex think she is meting out justice through her actions? Why is the type of justice she dispenses seen as vigilante justice?

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