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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. In the first section focused on Lina, which friend does Lina go on a double-date with?

2. In the Prologue, what does Taddeo say the man following her mother every day was doing behind her?

3. What is the last name of Aaron Knodel's defense lawyer?

4. What is one of Maggie's problems with her parents?

5. What kind of illness did Mr. Knodel disclose that he had to Maggie's class?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part I, where do Lina and Aidan frequently meet to fool around?

2. What is Lina most frustrated about in her marriage with Ed?

3. What do some people think is Maggie's motivation for accusing Aaron Knodel of a crime?

4. When does Maggie start to think that Mr. Knodel's texts are becoming a bit strange for a student-teacher relationship?

5. What does Lina sometimes find herself asking Ed to try to make up for her husband's emotional and physical detachment?

6. What does Maggie do in Hawaii that changes how her family views her when she gets back from the trip?

7. Why do Sloane and Richard decide to start their own restaurant in Newport?

8. In Part I, what does 15 year-old Lina want more than anything else?

9. What does Lina tell her support group that she thinks created her emotional loneliness?

10. How does Sloane's and Richard's first threesome come about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider Taddeo's choices concerning point-of-view. Taddeo writes Maggie Wilken's sections in the second-person, using "you" to refer to Maggie, while she writes Lina's and Sloane's sections in the third-person. Write an essay analyzing Taddeo's choice to use a different point of view for Maggie's sections.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing Maggie's recollection of the aftermath of her relationship with Mateo. What impression does her family's and classmates' reactions to the relationship leave on Maggie?

Essay Topic 3

In Taddeo's section section focusing on Maggie, beginning on page 57, Aaron Knodel begins initiating longer text-message conversations with Maggie. Write an essay analyzing the process by which Maggie's and Aaron Knodel's relationship allegedly evolves from a student-teacher relationship into a sexual one.

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