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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 does Maggie remember first hearing about Mr. Knodel from other students?

2. What is the first food Sloane and her husband make together?

3. Which writer does Taddeo quote at the very beginning of the book?

4. How long were Maggie's parents, Arlene and Mark, married?

5. Where does Lina often meet her high school boyfriend for trysts?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. In Part I, what initially enchants Lina about her physical relationship with Aidan as a teenager?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Write an essay analyzing how Lina understands, and begins to deal with, her rape by several high school boys. How does Lina's perspective on this assault change as she grows from an adolescent into an adult? Cite specific references to the text to support your answer.

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