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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. Where does Lina live, according to the Prologue?

2. Where is the man Maggie becomes involved with in Hawaii originally from?

3. In the first section focused on Lina in Part II, where does her women's discussion group meet?

4. In the first section focused on Maggie in Part II, what does Aaron Knodel text to her that first disturbs her slightly?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Maggie confide in Mr. Knodel about what happened to her in Hawaii?

3. What is Lina slightly turned off by at the end of her first sexual encounter with Aidan when they begin their affair?

4. What happens to Lina in high school that changes the rest of her life and makes the rest of high school very difficult?

5. Why does Maggie dress and do her makeup carefully as she prepares for her first day attending the trial of Aaron Knodel?

6. What does Aaron Knodel's defense lawyer ask Maggie about in Part I on the stand that the state's prosecution lawyer objects to?

7. What does the therapist Lina and Ed go to tell them both that frustrates Lina and makes her feel terrible?

8. How does Maggie react when she is demoted from varsity to JV soccer in high school?

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

10. What does Mr. Knodel tell Maggie about what happened to her in Hawaii?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

While Maggie is allegedly engaged in a sexual relationship with Aaron Knodel, she experiences both great anxiety and strong feelings of contentment and elation. Write an essay analyzing the range of feelings Maggie experiences during her relationship with Aaron Knodel, including her devastation when he abruptly breaks things off.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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