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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 Sutton believe as she is observing Ethan and Emma conversing?
2. What does Emma remember Sutton telling her?
3. What is Travis like?
4. What is Travis doing before he realizes his mother is home?
5. What does Emma share with Sutton?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where do Sutton's friends drag Emma?
2. What "prank" is played upon Nisha?
3. What is happening to Sutton Mercer in the Prologue?
4. Why does Emma suddenly believe Dr. Mercer knows she is not Sutton?
5. What has Sutton found and where does she find it?
6. What video does Travis show Clarice and Emma?
7. How does Emma end up at Sutton's house?
8. Who does Emma meet outside and what does Sutton vaguely recall about the young man?
9. With whom does Emma go shopping and what does she learn from the girl?
10. What is Emma's current foster situation like?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Emma's childhood was lived with her erratic mother, Becky. Becky had often been fun-loving, shouting answers to the puzzles on "Wheel of Fortune," and other times spending hours crying on the couch. Sometimes Becky took Emma shopping, buying her "two of everything." When Emma questioned the reason for two pairs of the same kind of shoe, her mother would say it was in case one got dirty.
1. Discuss, in depth, how you think such inconsistent behavior by a mother would affect a child? Use examples from your own life and the book to support your answer.
2. Discuss your ideas about guilt and its affect on people and relate these ideas to the fact of Becky buying two of everything. Use examples from your own life and the book to support your answer.
3. Do you think, given Becky's problems, Emma was better off in foster care? Why or why not? Use examples from your own life and the book to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Characters are an important part of what makes The Lying Game interesting. Discuss the following:
1. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Sutton. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.
2. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Emma. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.
3. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Ethan. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.
Essay Topic 3
1. What is foreshadow? How many incidences of foreshadow are in The Lying Game? How does foreshadow contribute to a book's suspense?
2. Discuss an example of foreshadow in The Lying Game including why you believe it is foreshadow. Include examples from the book and your own life to illustrate your answer.
3. How do you think most people react to uncertainty in their lives? Use examples from The Lying Game and your own live to support your opinion.
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