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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. In Chapter 45, what does Jack hack with an ax?

3. In Chapter 39, what does Peekay remember Park paid for when she accidentally ended up at the same diner with him, Alex, and Jack?

4. In basketball, how many points if Sara from the school record?

5. What street does Brian tell Jack to avoid because Ray and his guys have been holing up there?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Peekay want to do after seeing one of her parents' Christian magazines when she was little?

2. What does Peekay tell her mom about what happened at the church?

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

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

5. Who is Brian Spurlani and what are Jack's thoughts about him?

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

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

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

9. Jack's mother tell him about Nick Craft?

10. What does Peekay say about Jack and Alex?

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

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

Alex strives to be normal. How does Alex attempt to be normal? Why is being normal difficult for her?

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