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

2. Which teacher at West Fargo High School does Aaron Knodel sometimes socialize with outside of school?

3. Who does Lina have a crush on in high school that she gets to go to the movies with on a double-date in the first section focused on Lina?

4. In the first section focused on Lina in Part II, what does Aidan do after the two have sex that turns Lina off slightly?

5. Which adult at school does Maggie confide in about what happened to her in Hawaii?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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. In the Prologue, what is Taddeo horrified to hear her own mother endured every day for a time as a young woman in Italy?

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

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

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

9. What does Lina tell her women's support group that makes them all see her differently?

10. How does Sloane deal with watching her husband have sex with other women in front of her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

The three women Taddeo chooses to focus this book upon are all white, heterosexual, and cisgender. Do you think Taddeo's work would have been strengthened if she had included more diverse female perspectives and experiences? Write an essay explaining why or why not.

Essay Topic 3

As you learned more about Sloane's childhood, adolescence, and core familial relationships, how did your understanding of her relationship with her husband and her willingness to go along with his desires to see her have sex with other men and women change? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to support your findings.

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