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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. At the end of Part IV, what does Matt call Ally to tell her?
2. Where does Sam often go for local news?
3. Who did Sam always used to go to the State Fair with?
4. In Chapter 16, what does Laci tell Sam about MH that shocks her?
5. In Chapter 16, what does Sam do that makes her uncomfortable?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Ally tell Joe about her mother's open mic routine?
2. In Chapter 2, what does Sam do that even she knows crosses a line with Ally when Ally goes to the movies with her friends?
3. Who does Sam call for advice about how to handle what she sees the police do in Part III and why?
4. How does Sam fall back into the pattern of having sex with Matt again?
5. In Part III, why does Lily tell Sam she does not want to talk about details of her illness?
6. In Part III, what exercise does Sam start doing and how does it make her feel?
7. Why did Ally end up in the ER when she was 15?
8. Why is Sam's open mic night such a terrible disaster?
9. What does Sam think is a bit unseemly about the general American obsession with physical optimization and self-improvement in Part III?
10. What are some of Ally's emerging doubts about Joe's work?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How do Sam's feelings and opinions about political activism, and about the activists she has met recently, including Laci and MH, change over the course of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
Why do you think Spiotta chooses to switch her main narrative focus between Sam and Ally at different points throughout the novel, and what effect does this variation have on the reader? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 3
What role do politics and ideology seem to play in Sam's and Matthew's relationship, from the beginning to their separation? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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