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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. Where did Riley meet Corey?

2. How much money did Gigi have in her safe-deposit box?

3. What is the name of a guy at the gas station where Riley stops before she reaches the town where her grandmother's funeral is being held?

4. How old was Corey when he quit speaking with a lisp?

5. In Chapter 6, how long has it been since the shooting?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Riley meet Corey?

2. What does Scotty have to say when he learns that Riley is friends with Jen?

3. How does Jen remember feeling when she went to see Riley at Northwestern?

4. Why does Riley meet Sabrina Cowell at a fundraiser?

5. How does Riley push aside her sorrow when she attends Justin's funeral?

6. Where is Jen when she goes into labor and what happens?

7. What is Riley thinking when she sees three teenage boys who are serving as pallbearers at Justin's funeral?

8. What advice does Jen remember Father Mike gave her and Kevin during their premarital counseling?

9. What information does Sabrina provide Riley about charges for the shooting?

10. Why does Lou come to Jen's prenatal appointment in Chapter 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Riley and Jen have different ideas about fairness. Why do the women have different ideas about fairness? How is the unfairness that Riley has experienced based on her skin color? How is the unfairness Jen is experiencing based on actions of her husband? How is the unfairness the women experience different? Is it more unfair for Riley to be denigrated for something she is than for Jen to be blamed for something her husband did?

Essay Topic 2

Setting is the place and time where a novel takes place. What is the setting in We Are Not Like Them? How does the setting evoke feelings or set the mood in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Colors are sometimes associated with mood. If you could assign a color to represent the mood of We Are Not Like Them, what color would it be? Why? Would you choose different colors to describe the mood in different sections?

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