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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 necklace is left with Emma?

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

3. What do Emma and Ethan do?

4. Who was present at Charlotte's sleepover who Emma thinks could have accosted her in the kitchen?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Nisha try to humiliate Sutton?

3. What does Sutton feel at the birthday party?

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

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

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

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

8. Who arrives to chat with Garrett and Emma and what do Emma and Sutton both think about the visitor?

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

10. What theory do Emma and Sutton derive from Laurel's reaction to the note?

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

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 3

Characters are an integral and important part of almost all novels. Discuss the following:

1. Compare/contrast the characters of Emma and Sutton. How are they similar? How are they different? Is there a flaw in each of their personalities? Be specific and give examples.

2. Compare/contrast the characters of Garrett and Ethan. How do they seem different? Which do you like more? Why? Which one seems more of a well-rounded character?

3. Thoroughly analyze how three of the secondary characters in The Lying Game help drive the plot and what their contribution is to the storyline. Are any of the secondary characters unnecessary? Indispensable? Which of the secondary characters are likable? Which are either unlikable or even despicable? Be specific and give examples.

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