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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 prompts Lux to write all over her binder and her underwear?

2. Where do the boys congregate after changing out of their party clothes?

3. How much time elapses between the first Lisbon girl's attempt at suicide and the last Lisbon girl's attempt?

4. Which Lisbon sister used a depilatory wax?

5. What is Mrs. Lisbon serving at the party?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the cemetery where Cecilia's service is held look like?

2. What did Cecilia do on the last day of her life?

3. How did the boys obtain Cecilia's diary?

4. How did the emergency workers retrieve Cecilia's body?

5. Describe Cecilia Lisbon's first attempt at suicide.

6. Name three events the boys read about in Cecilia's diary.

7. What does Peter Sissen find in the Lisbon girls' bathroom?

8. What major revelation do the boys have upon entering the Lisbon girls' party?

9. How does the Lisbon girls' party differ from other parties the boys have attended?

10. Describe a few of the changes the boys noticed at the Lisbon house after Cecilia came home from the hospital.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At the dance, Therese says to her date, "We just want to live. If anyone would let us." What does she mean? Are the Lisbon girls not living? Is she referring to Cecilia, or to her own future suicide? Is there someone or something refusing to let them live?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Mr. and Mrs. Lisbon. What is their relationship like? What are their relationships with their daughters like? How does the male-female dynamic play out in these two characters?

Essay Topic 3

In the days leading up to and including the multiple suicides, the boys go through a wide variety of emotions. How do the girls' actions affect them? Are the girls leading them along, or are the boys truly emotionally invested? Do they only feel what the girls intend them to? What is their final conclusion as they stare at Bonnie's body hanging from a rafter?

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