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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. Who does Emma say has been acting strangely lately?

2. What does Emma suggest?

3. To what does Emma invite Ethan?

4. What does Emma wonder about as she holds Sutton's notebook?

5. What does Garrett say about Louisa?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Emma go to the bathroom and why does Sutton feel badly for Emma?

2. What does Emma realize about Sutton and why?

3. Why does Emma invite Madeline to the spa and what do the two talk about?

4. How does Ethan and Emma come to be on a deserted, dirt road?

5. How does Nisha try to humiliate Sutton?

6. Where does Emma go for a sleepover and why is Gabby disgruntled?

7. Describe the video Emma finds when Charlotte, Madeline and Laurel are choking Sutton.

8. What does Sutton remember about the scene at the hot springs?

9. What other things could Laurel know that might implicate her in Sutton's death?

10. What are the rules of the lying game?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following to discuss:

1. Choose two significant symbols and trace and analyze their appearance in The Lying Game. Are these universal symbols? Would they be understood in any culture? Are there other symbols that would portray the same idea? What are they? Why do you think Shepard chooses the symbols he does?

2. Choose two important metaphors and trace and analyze their appearance in the novel. Are these universal metaphors? Would they be understood in any culture? Are there other metaphors that would portray the same idea? What are they? Why do you think Shepard chooses the metaphors she does?

3. Discuss Shepard's use (or lack ) of literary device (such as foreshadowing, clifthangers, deux ex machina, etc...), and how they add or detract from the story. Does Shepard use too many or too little literary techniques? State which of the five major elements of fiction the literary device is related to (style, character, plot, setting, theme).

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Emma goes through posts on Laurel's computer and finds endless videos of pranks. Sutton watches as Emma goes through them, feeling sicker by the moment. She realizes that the pranks were cruel and that lots of people were hurt by them.

1. Discuss what you think are the motivations behind Sutton's pranks. Use examples from your own life and the book to support your answer.

2. Do you think Sutton would have ever seen herself in life the way she does in death? Why or why not? Use examples from your own life and the book to support your answer.

3. Discuss the various problems with practical jokes and why you think some people do them. Use examples from your own life and the book to support your answer.

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