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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. Where does Alex meet Jack's parents?
2. In Chapter 32, where do Jack and Alex go?
3. How many guys has Peekay kissed other than Adam?
4. How many fatal fires have there been in Chapter 45?
5. At the end of Chapter 41, what is Alex feeling?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Peekay remember about an Irish wolf-hound they had at the shelter?
2. What conversation has Jack had with his father about love, and why does he realize his father is right?
3. How is Peekay's trauma handled?
4. Where does Peekay wake in Chapter 25?
5. In Chapter 42, what pain does Jack notice in Alex?
6. Why does Alex refer to herself as a wolf?
7. What does Alex's mother wish she could do?
8. How has the newness faded in Jack's relationship with Alex in Chapter 37?
9. How does Alex kill Sara's uncle?
10. What did Peekay want to do after seeing one of her parents' Christian magazines when she was little?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
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
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?
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