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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 15, what Shakespeare play precedes entries about Aza in Davis's blog?

2. In Chapter 11, who wrote, "The questions is not yet settled, whether madness is or is not the loftiest intelligence" (133)?

3. In Chapter 16 in Daisy's story, how much are Rey and Chewbacca offered to take four boxes of cargo to Utapau?

4. How many flakes does Aza see at the end of Chapter 17?

5. In Chapter 19, what does a doctor say is Aza's injury?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 13, what does Aza's mother say when Aza says she might like to attend a school like Amherst or Sarah Larence?

2. At the end of Chapter 12, how does Aza's mother put her to sleep at the end of Chapter 12?

3. What does Simon Morris, Davis's lawyer, arrange for Aza in Chapter 11?

4. What do Aza and her mother talk about at the end of Chapter 11, and how does Aza's mother try to get her to calm down?

5. How does Aza feel at the end of Chapter 17?

6. In Chapter 15, why is Davis concerned when he notices that someone has been on his blog for 30 minutes?

7. Why does Aza get upset about the car accident in Chapter 18?

8. In Chapter 19, what injury does Aza have from the car accident, and what treatment will she have?

9. In Chapter 18, why does Aza think she should call Dr. Singh, and why does she not call?

10. In Chapter 10, what does Aza do in the parking lot at Applebee's while waiting for Daisy and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Aza struggles with out-of-control thoughts. How does Aza describe the way that her thoughts are out of control? What painting does Aza seem that seems to represent her thought spirals? What does Aza finally realize about spirals, and how does that realization give her some relief from her thoughts?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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