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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. To which of the following does Playing It Safe hope to apply?

2. Whose relationship with Tom does Sugar discuss?

3. How old is Sugar when her grandfather dies?

4. At what age does Sugar report starting work?

5. Employment at which of the following was noted as a desirable outcome for participants in Sugar’s youth advocacy program?

Short Essay Questions

1. Sugar remarks that disclosing trauma to intimate partners helps to further intimacy. What else does she note it does?

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

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

4. Why does Sugar’s mother note being thankful for her ex-husband?

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

6. How does Sugar suggest Bewildered comfort his fiancée?

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

8. How does the text define “dry dating” (136)?

9. What practice of intimacy does Sugar’s husband attempt with her that neither actually enjoys?

10. What does Sugar note as a complication in friendships?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider the ending of the book. Does it satisfy? How or how not?

Essay Topic 2

Explicate the significance of the name of any one character in the text.

Essay Topic 3

Overall, what is the most important theme of Tiny Beautiful Things. What in the text indicates as much? How does it do so?

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