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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. To where does Emma invite Madeline?

2. What does Sutton indicate in an entry two days before the video Travis shows Emma?

3. What does Emma decide she must get inside of?

4. What does Emma say that shocks Ethan?

5. Who appears to Emma in a dream?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Emma have a threatening encounter?

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

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

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

5. What does Garrett say about Charlotte?

6. What do Emma and Garrett do and how does Emma discomfit Garrett momentarily?

7. How does Nisha try to humiliate Sutton?

8. What are the rules of the lying game?

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

10. What game do the girls play and what does Emma realize?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

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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