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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 Jack remember before hearing Alex throwing stones at his window in Chapter 42?
2. Where is Mrs. Craft when Alex comes home in Chapter 38?
3. How many family reunions did Alex's mother take her and Anna to when they were children?
4. Where does Peekay awake in Chapter 25?
5. When Jack tells everyone he and Alex are watching a movie in Chapter 32, how long does he know they will be left alone?
Short Essay Questions
1. How has the newness faded in Jack's relationship with Alex in Chapter 37?
2. In Chapter 31, who has Alex told that she has a boyfriend?
3. In Chapter 39, how are Peekay and Park talking?
4. Why does Alex refer to herself as a wolf?
5. What did Peekay want to do after seeing one of her parents' Christian magazines when she was little?
6. What does Alex think about anger, herself, and her dad?
7. What does Jack think Alex did, and how did that cause him to abandon her?
8. What financial problems does Jack have in Chapter 33?
9. What does Peekay remember about an Irish wolf-hound they had at the shelter?
10. What does Alex's mother wish she could do?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The climax in a novel is the highest point of tension and a turning point. What is the climax of The Female of the Species and why is that incident the climax?
Essay Topic 2
An analogy is the comparison of an unfamiliar object or idea to a familiar one in an attempt to explain the unfamiliar or to help readers understand characters, events, or concepts. What are some analogies McGinnis uses in The Female of the Species? How do these analogies help readers understand characters, events, or concepts?
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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