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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 is the one time Sloane's mother acknowledges her struggles in high school with her body and her health?

2. In the first section focused on Lina in Part IV, what does Lina know she can not do easily with Aidan?

3. Aaron Knodel sent Maggie poems by which poet when they were involved together?

4. How did Sloane's mother's mother die?

5. In the second section of Part III focused on Lina, what does Aiden tell her that puts her in such a good mood?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sloane's family react to her car accident?

2. Who finally approaches Sloane about her eating disorder?

3. What does Sloane's mother take her to the doctor for when Sloane is about 10 years old?

4. What tragedy occurs in Sloane's mother's life when her mother is only a teenager?

5. What tragic event happens in Maggie Wilkens' family about six months after she tells her parents about her affair with Aaron Knodel?

6. As the years went on, by what process would Sloane and Richard invite third parties into their bedroom for sex?

7. Who are some of the state's witnesses that the prosecutor calls in support of Maggie during Aaron Knodel's trial?

8. What happens to Maggie after Aaron Knodel tells her their affair is over?

9. What kinds of health problems does Lina struggle with?

10. Where had Mark Wilkens worked for most of his career, and what happened as he neared retirement age?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Lina's impression of how the women in her discussion group view her after she reveals the circumstances and details of her affair with Aiden to them? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Taddeo writes that some of her mother's dying advice to her is to never let other people see that she is happy - especially other women. Write an essay analyzing how Taddeo's mother's advice seems to relate to the lives of each of the three women her book focuses on - Maggie, Lina, and Sloane.

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