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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 Sugar's husband's profession?

2. How many paragraphs does Sugar write to Living Dead Dad?

3. What poem is referenced in “The Lusty Broad”?

4. What game did Sugar attempt with the youth for whom she was an advocate?

5. How old does Sugar report being during the COVID pandemic?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason does Helpless Mom report functioning as a single mother despite being married?

2. How does Triangled hear about Friend or Foe’s assignation?

3. After her salutation, what is the first thing Sugar replies to Awful Jealous Person (258)?

4. What is the worst *mental* abuse C reports her brother perpetrating on her?

5. How does Sugar report trying to quell the nagging voice inside her head?

6. What is the worst *physical* abuse C reports her brother perpetrating on her?

7. What does Sugar identify as the worst role in her first-responder training?

8. What does Sugar note prompted her decision to become a parent?

9. How does Sugar note a person can find forgiveness?

10. What story does Sugar tell her husband that provokes the comment “You don’t have to be broken for me” (221)?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part VI: We Are Solid is noted as being something of a postscript, a later addition to the original text. What shifts in tone and impact exist between the section and those preceding it? What in the text presents those shifts, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

Select one of the letters included in the book. Write your own response to it, following the overall format of Sugar’s responses to the letter-writers.

Essay Topic 3

Which character is the second most important in the text? How does the work support such an assertion?

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