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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. Of what does Chloe accuse Lia's father?

2. Who invites Lia to sit with them at lunch?

3. How does Cassie describe herself to Lia?

4. What have Lia's teachers done?

5. Why is Lia excited when she gets on the scale later in her room?

Short Essay Questions

1. What actions does the support group decide to make in order to honor Cassie, and what is Lia's response when her opinion is asked?

2. What does Emma confess to Lia when Lia takes her to soccer practice, and how does Lia respond?

3. What does Elijah ask Lia and what does Lia do in response?

4. What does Lia have for breakfast and what is her hope will happen as a result?

5. What does Lia feel as she thinks about Cassie's body in the morgue?

6. Describe Lia's experience as she sees Cassie in the coffin.

7. What does Cassie say to Lia in the messages Cassie leaves on Lia's phone?

8. What does Lia go read on her computer after the detectives leave?

9. What news does Emma bring the next morning, and what is Lia's reaction?

10. What does Lia's scale reveal to her and what is her response?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following:

1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?

2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of "Wintergirls", identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?

3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements in "Wintergirls". (The subplots may not contain every element of a major plot). Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not. Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

"Wintergirls" belongs to the young adult novel genre. Discuss the following:

1. Define the literary term "genre" and give several examples of three other genres in addition to the young adult novel genre.

2. Discuss two reasons why it might be useful to label a text by genre and two reasons it might be disadvantageous to label a text by genre.

3. What do you think is the difference between a young adult novel and a historical novel?

Essay Topic 3

Sometimes a book has more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and sometimes it is the other way. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:

1. What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven? Action driven?

2. How do you think a plot differs if it is character driven versus action driven?

3. Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why?

4. Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character development share equal time? Why or why not.

5. What type of plot do you think "Wintergirls" is? Explain your response.

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