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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 did Mark Wilken try to get a job after being laid off from the one he had for more than 20 years?

2. In the second section of Part IV, when does Aaron Knodel tell the court he began dating his wife Marie?

3. What social media platform does Lina often use to talk to Aidan?

4. What is Arlene Wilkens' nickname for her husband Mark?

5. What does Lina think about the target audience people have in mind when they post things on social media?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sloane describe her own father to Taddeo?

2. What does Lina think is one of the main things that is wrong with the way her parents treat her and her siblings?

3. What happens to Sloane's, Wes's, and Richard's relationship after Jenny finds out about what is going on between the the three of them?

4. When does Sloane begin to feel that her brother Gabe is disgusted by her for some reason that she can not understand?

5. What is a particularly difficult detail for Maggie to tell her parents about her affair with Aaron Knodel?

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

7. Shortly after her car accident, what identity does Sloane decide to adopt, and how does she achieve it?

8. When does Sloane begin to get a bad feeling about what is going on between Wes and his wife Jenny regarding Jenny's knowledge of Wes's relationship with Sloane and Richard?

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

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

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

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 3

One central theme Taddeo examines throughout each of the three women's narratives is the loss of innocence. Write an essay analyzing Taddeo's approach to the exploration of this theme through the stories of each of her three main subjects - Maggie, Lina, and Sloane.

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