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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 street does Brian tell Jack to avoid because Ray and his guys have been holing up there?
2. Who does Jack say always pays his way?
3. How much time is left on the clock when Jack is on the foul line in Chapter 35?
4. In Chapter 45, how did Alex's ringtone start to make Jack feel?
5. In Chapter 30, who does Branley know who was raped, which made her want to help Peekay?
Short Essay Questions
1. What conversation has Jack had with his father about love, and why does he realize his father is right?
2. In Chapter 40, how has Jack decorated a tree in the woods and why?
3. Where does Peekay wake in Chapter 25?
4. In Chapter 28, where does Jack run with Alex?
5. Why does Jack miss Branley, yet keep his distance?
6. How has the newness faded in Jack's relationship with Alex in Chapter 37?
7. What does Jack think Alex did, and how did that cause him to abandon her?
8. What does Alex's mother wish she could do?
9. What did Peekay want to do after seeing one of her parents' Christian magazines when she was little?
10. What does Peekay remember about an Irish wolf-hound they had at the shelter?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Alex strives to be normal. How does Alex attempt to be normal? Why is being normal difficult for her?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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