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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. In Chapter 1, what percent of the human body does Aza say are microbial?

2. In Chapter 1, how old were Daisy and Aza when they first met?

3. What does Aza do with her mom after she takes Daisy home in Chapter 5?

4. In Chapter 2, how long does Aza say that lunch hours are?

5. What does Aza call thoughts that seem to spread out of control in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 8, how does Dr. Singh say that Aza describes herself?

2. At the end of Chapter 8, how does Aza say that you can measure how crazy you are?

3. What does Aza say about life being a story in Chapter 1?

4. In Chapter 6 when Aza looks for Davis's online profiles, what does she learn about a relationship he had?

5. In Chapter 3, how does Aza describe the White River?

6. How does Aza describe her car in Chapter 2?

7. What does Aza remember about Davis Pickett at the end of Chapter 1?

8. In Chapter 7, why does Davis say that it would be bad if his father is found?

9. In Chapter 4, what is the drive like when Davis takes Daisy and Aza home, and what do they talk about before he leaves?

10. In spite of her anxiety, how does Aza have a normal life in Chapter 9?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the novel, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the story line? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

Essay Topic 2

Aza is the protagonist in the novel. Who or what is the antagonist in the novel? Why?

Essay Topic 3

The novel is told from mainly a first-person point of view. How is most of the story told from Aza’s point of view? How does the author use a change in the point of view and Daisy’s stories and Davis’s blogs to give readers other points of view? How does the point of view affect what is known about characters and events?

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