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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 admit about the person who pulls her from the trunk?

2. Who was on the phone with Emma when Emma was at the bus station?

3. What does Emma say that shocks Ethan?

4. What does Madeline say when Emma asks her where Charlotte was on the night of Nisha's party?

5. What does Laurel say she has lots more of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Emma gives Laurel the note Emma found in Emma's pocket?

2. What are the rules of the lying game?

3. What does Emma find in her pocket and what does Nisha say about the note??

4. Why are Emma and Sutton both upset when Emma arrives back to the Mercer house?

5. How does Nisha try to humiliate Sutton?

6. Why does Garrett become angry with Emma at the party?

7. What does Garrett say about Charlotte?

8. How does Emma have a threatening encounter?

9. What does Sutton feel at the birthday party?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss the following:

1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?

2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of The Lying Game, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?

3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements in The Lying Game. (The subplots may not contain every element of a major plot). Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not. Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not?

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