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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. What does Lia intend to tell Elijah?

2. What does Jennifer say she will not let Lia do?

3. How does Lia feel about going to her mother's house for the evening?

4. Why doesn't Lia want to move back with her mother?

5. How did Cassie's inner organs appear?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lia remember when she passes Cassie's house on her way to her mother's home?

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

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

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

5. How does Lia experience the emergency room?

6. Where does Lia's father take Lia after picking her up from the hospital and why can her mother get reports from the psychiatrist?

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

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

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

10. Where does Lia sometimes find herself in the middle of the night?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Often, authors will write about "what they know," and sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the books more interesting. Discuss the following:

1. Research and give a brief biographical sketch of Laurie Halse Anderson.

2. What in Anderson's background may have helped her in writing "Wintergirls"? What may have influenced the way she depicts various characters and scenes?

3. Do you think there is always some of the author's own life in his/her novels? Why or why not? Give examples.

Essay Topic 2

1. What is foreshadowing? How many incidences of foreshadowing are in "Wintergirls"? How does foreshadow contribute to a book's suspense?

2. Discuss an example of foreshadowing in "Wintergirls", including why you believe it is indeed foreshadowing. Include examples from the book and your own life to illustrate your answer.

3. How do you think most people react to uncertainty in their lives? Use examples from the text and your own live to support your opinion.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following:

1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in this book. Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with growth? Why? What are some symbols of growth? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid?

2. Trace and analyze the theme of guilt in the book. Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to feel guilty for his/her actions? Why?

3. Trace and analyze the theme of control in "Wintergirls". Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to need control? Why?

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