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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. How does Dirk wear his hair?

2. What is the only death up until Part II that Weetzie Bat had dealt with?

3. What expression of surprise and alarm does Weetzie Bat routinely use?

4. What does Dirk's perfect Duck call himself?

5. Where does Weetzie work as a waitress?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do Weetzie Bat and Dirk go when they need comfort and care, and why?

2. What does Valentine Jah-Love tell Weetzie Bat about Jamaica?

3. Why do you think Weetzie Bat is so suspicious of My Secret Agent Lover Man at first?

4. What does Grandma Fifi leave to Weetzie Bat and Dirk?

5. What frustrates Weetzie Bat about her high school classmates?

6. How does Weetzie Bat react when Dirk tells her he is gay?

7. How does Weetzie Bat feel when she visits her father in New York City?

8. What does Dirk like so much about Duck?

9. What does Weetzie Bat understand as the reasons behind her parents' split?

10. What does Grandma Fifi give to Weetzie Bat as a gift, and what does she do with it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Weetzie Bat's and Dirk's shared affection for styles of the 1950s reveal about each character's personality and about their friendship? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Who are the adults in this novel that Weetzie Bat and Dirk seem to trust and relate to, and why? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Why does Weetzie Bat hate high school, and what tone does Block set for the novel in stating this in the very beginning of the story? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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