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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 kind of house does Sam buy?
2. What does Ally's boyfriend do for a living?
3. Who is Sam's mother?
4. In Chapter 8, what does Sam drink for her night out?
5. What does Ally remember Sam often criticizing about her as she grew into adolescence?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Spiotta mean when she mentions Sam's "historic house envy" (75)?
2. What is going on with Lily, Sam's mother, in Part I?
3. Where does Sam work, and what does she do there?
4. What does Matt seem to think Sam's decision to leave him might really be mostly about?
5. Why is Clara Loomis problematic as a historical figure?
6. How does Sam afford the house she buys in Part I?
7. How are the house Sam buys and her decision to leave her husband related?
8. In Chapter 14, what does Matt do for Sam that makes it harder for her to be angry with him?
9. What begins emerging as a source of tension between Ally and Sam early on in Ally's adolescence?
10. What is Matt's first reaction when Sam tells him she is leaving him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
What does Spiotta reveal about Sam's character with Sam's reaction to the Aadil Mapunda shooting? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
How and why does Sam feel most uncomfortable being upper middle-class throughout the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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