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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 throws Garrett off for a minute?

2. What does Madeline leave when she abruptly departs?

3. What is eerie about Laurel's room?

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

5. What do Charlotte, Madeline and Laurel do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Garrett say about Charlotte?

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

3. What does Emma discover about Laurel's room?

4. What does Emma find as she searches Laurel's computer and how does Sutton react?

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

6. How does Emma have a threatening encounter?

7. What does Emma think about in class concerning the photo of Laurel?

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

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

10. What does Madeline forget and what does Emma find out as a result?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Emma holds to the hope that she and Sutton will have a wonderful reunion and that they'll become close. Emma has felt an emptiness because of the lack of personal long-term connections in her life. She has put a great deal of hope into the idea that Sutton will fill that gap.

1. Discuss Sutton and her habits and personality as to how you think a reunion between Sutton and Emma would be. Use examples from your own life and the book to support your answer.

2. Discuss what you know of Emma's life and why she might feel as she does in the above statement. Use examples from your own life and the book to support your answer.

3. From what is seen of Emma's life before she goes to Tucson discuss what some of the problems are with the foster care system and how you think being in foster care may have affected Emma. Use examples from your own life and the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Titles often play a vital role in making a person decide to read a particular book. Discuss the following:

1. Fully explain why you think The Lying Game is titled as such. Do you think it is the best title for the book? Why or why not? Can you think of a better title? Why would you choose it?

2. How important is a title in influencing you to consider reading a book? Explain your answer.

3. Do you think a title needs to have direct relevance to a book's content? Explain your answer.

4. Have you ever read a book that when you finished, you do not understand the relevance of the title? Does it discourage you from "trusting" that particular author again?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the following:

1. Who is/are the protagonists of the story and why?

2. Who is/are the antagonists of the story and why?

3. Which 3 secondary characters have the greatest impact on the plot?

4. Are any of the characters dispensable and which ones? Why or why not?

5. Do you think this is a character-driven plot or an action-driven plot? Explain.

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