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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 Emma hear about Sutton?

2. At what does Emma say she is rusty?

3. Where did Emma get the scar?

4. What does the note say that Laurel hands Emma?

5. What does Mrs Mercer ask Emma about Sutton's car?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Emma's current foster situation like?

2. How does Emma find out where Sutton lives?

3. What doesn't Clarice believe Emma is guilty?

4. What "prank" is played upon Nisha?

5. Where does Emma suggest they go at the Mall and what is Madeline's reaction?

6. Where does Emma disembark from the bus and what do she and Alex talk about?

7. How does Emma get a small scar on her chin?

8. How does Sutton hurt Laurel's feelings at the hot spring?

9. What does Emma do at the police station?

10. What was Becky like when Emma lived with her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following:

1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful novel?

2. Analyze and discuss The Lying Game based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if The Lying Game is a successful novel.

3. Do you think the criteria for a successful novel should be different if it is written for adults versus young adults? Why or why not? Would most adults consider The Lying Game a successful novel? What about young teens?

Essay Topic 2

Emma spends more time on Sutton's Facebook page, looking for clues about Sutton's life. She finds a post there in which Sutton had included a picture of Garrett with a note that he was wearing the shirt Sutton bought for him. Sutton senses Emma's disapproval and is initially defensive but then is able to step back and look at it realistically. She wonders about her motives for choosing what Garrett wears and whether it could have been because she needed to control everyone around her.

1. Discuss some of the ways in which Sutton tried to control the people in her life. Use examples from your own life and the book to support your answer.

2. Discuss what you think are reasons Emma might disapprove of Sutton buying a shirt for Garrett. Use examples from your own life and the book to support your answer.

3. Discuss your ideas of what friendship is and whether you think any of the people Sutton knows are actually her friends. Use examples from your own life and the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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