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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 does Cassie learn about binging and purging?

2. How does Emma break her arm?

3. Why is Lia proud of herself?

4. Who is Pinky?

5. What does Lia do instead of taking sleeping pills?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Lia is selling the baked goods at the band concert?

2. What does Emma ask Lia when Emma finds Lia crying in the bathroom?

3. Describe the damage to Cassie's body as a result of her eating disorder.

4. How does Lia experience the emergency room?

5. What does Lia think about concerning Cassie as Lia Googles Cassie's name?

6. Who does Lia encounter at Cassie's burial and how does that let Elijah learn Lia's real name?

7. What does Jennifer ask Lia to do and how does Lia respond?

8. What does Lia overhear her father and Jennifer discuss and how does she handle it?

9. Why can't Lia sleep and what does she do instead?

10. What does Lia do that causes Emma to become hysterical?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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

Over the course of the book, Lia grows as a person in both complexity and understanding. "Wintergirls" might be considered a slice of Lia's larger story of her "coming of age." It might be said that Wintergirls is a "bildungsroman" of Lia Overbrook. Discuss the following:

1. Define Bildungsroman, or "Coming of Age," and give several examples from literature you have read.

2. Trace and analyze the character of Lia as she changes from a girl who resists getting better to a young woman who participates in her treatment. What are the significant events that change Lia?

3. After thoroughly analyzing Lia's growth throughout the story, do you think "Wintergirls" could be considered Lia's Coming of Age story? Why or why not?

4. Are there any other characters in "Wintergirls" who go through a Coming of Age experience? Who? Why do you think so?

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