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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 did Clara Loomis use her bedroom as?
2. What does Sam's husband drink when she and he tell their daughter about their separation?
3. How does Ally first meet her boyfriend?
4. What does Ally often send to her boyfriend, even though she knows she probably should not?
5. What does Sam do every day to try to keep a connection with her daughter?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Ally immediately think when Sam tells her she and Matt are splitting up?
2. What is one way, as Spiotta puts it, to understand what happens to Sam in Part I in terms of the upheaval in her life?
3. Why does MH tell Sam she does open-mic night at the Smiley Face?
4. Where does Sam end up meeting people she thinks are more like-minded in the realm of activism?
5. What does Matt seem to think Sam's decision to leave him might really be mostly about?
6. What is going on with Lily, Sam's mother, in Part I?
7. In Chapter 14, what does Matt do for Sam that makes it harder for her to be angry with him?
8. What does Sam do to try to keep in touch with Ally?
9. In Chapter 9, how does Sam react to the woman on her porch?
10. What does Ally do with her secret boyfriend even though she has been cautioned against it many times?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How do Sam's anxieties begin to take over a larger and larger part of her life as the novel progresses? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
How does Spiotta treat the topic of the effects of technology - especially social media and digital images - on relationships throughout this novel? Write an essay explaining your answers. citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
How does Sam's stroke end up affecting all of her relationships, as well as her own perception of herself and her future? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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