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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 does Bug often see in the mirror?

2. What is one magazine that Bug's uncle used to subscribe to?

3. What does Bug's house look like?

4. What did Roderick want to happen to his body after death?

5. What did Uncle Roderick always understand about Bug, as she describes it in Chapter Five?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter Three, what scares Bug in her bedroom in the middle of the night?

2. What surprises Bug about her own reaction in Chapter One to Uncle Roderick's death?

3. In Chapter Two, how does Lukoff let the reader know what happened to Bug's father?

4. In Chapter Five, what startles Moira terribly?

5. Why does Mo ask everyone to start calling her Moira?

6. In Chapter Five, how does Bug describe her feelings about living in a rural area?

7. Why is Bug unable to go to camp like usual this summer?

8. Who in Bug's life loved makeup?

9. In Chapter Two, how does Bug always feel when Mo hugs her?

10. In Chapter Six, why does Bug feel a bit uncomfortable with the girls at Moira's house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Lukoff describe Bug's discomfort with both makeup and dresses, and what do these descriptions tell the reader about Bug's character and character arc? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Bug feel when Sabrina says they might have to move, since Sabrina's business is faltering? What does Lukoff use this plot point to reveal about the importance of this setting to Bug? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does Lukoff let the reader know, through Bug's own narration, how awkward and isolated Bug has felt at times in relation to peers? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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