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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the last word Sugar's mother said to her?
(a) Love.
(b) Yes.
(c) No.
(d) Hate.

2. At what age does Sugar report being sexually abused?
(a) 6.
(b) 12.
(c) 3.
(d) 9.

3. How old is Sugar when she begins swimming lessons?
(a) 9.
(b) 12.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

4. How old is Ian when his life ends?
(a) 56.
(b) 52.
(c) 44.
(d) 48.

5. What flavor of Tic Tacs does Sugar find among her late mother’s possessions?
(a) Cherry.
(b) Cinnamon.
(c) Peppermint.
(d) Strawberry.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Ian when he was burned?

2. What poet does Sugar recommend to the graduates she addresses?

3. Which of the following does Sugar quote?

4. How old is Playing It Safe when she writes to Sugar?

5. Whom does Sugar identify as the original author of the French Beauty and the Beast story?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sugar answer the letters from Playing It Safe, Standing Still, and Claustrophobic together?

2. What is noted as “the first and final act of love” in the book (7)?

3. What does Sugar report inheriting from her mother?

4. What does Sugar offer as the best possible advice for an aspiring writer?

5. What does Wearing Thin cite as examples of things affected by her student loans?

6. Aside from wearing a particular mask, what advice does Sugar report avoiding giving?

7. How does the book explain the origin of its respondent’s pseudonym?

8. Why does Sugar hold that Mourning and Raging’s husband offended more fully than her employee?

9. Why does Sugar suggest people in their twenties buy and read books of poetry?

10. What does Sugar note that the graduates she addresses do NOT have to do?

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