Characters
Who is the protagonist (main character) of this story?
Tally
Where is Tally going and why?
Tally is going to New Pretty Town to find Peris.
What is a bungee jacket?
It is a jacket that is used to jump off buildings and land safely. It uses the same lifters as the hoverstruts that held the spindly structures up.
What is the setting (time and place) of this novel?
New Pretty Town
Who is Shay and why is she in New Pretty Town?
She is an ugly and Tally's best friend. She has long dark hair in pigtails, and her eyes were too wide apart. Her lips were full enough, but she was even skinnier than a new pretty. She is in New Pretty Town for her own expedition.
Why does the pretty falling from the tower not die?
They were caught by using a bungee jacket.
what does awry mean?
Awry means wrong, crooked or amiss.
what two towns are divided by a river?
New Pretty Town and Uglyville
What kind of mask is Tally wearing at the end of chapter 1?
A pig one.
Who is Peris?
Peris is Tally Youngblood's childhood best friend. He was recently turned pretty.
What is Tally's plan for escaping Garbo mansion?
To jump off of it wearing a bungee jacket.
what is the definition of a dystopia?
A futuristic, post-apocalyptic world where things have gone awry.
What is Garbo mansion and who lives there?
It is a fat, bright, and loud house and it filled the space between a pair of party towers, a squat teapot between two slender glasses of champagne. Each of the towers rested on a single column no wider than an elevator. Higher up they swelled to five stories of circular balconies. New pretties live in the Garbo mansion.
What is the significance of the pig mask?
It is for ironic purposes and how Tally sees herself (as an Ugly). It is representing her "true" identity--An Ugly trespassing in New Pretty Town.
Why are sirens going off at the beginning of chapter 3: Shay?
They were a false alarm.
what is the definition of power?
To have control or authority over someone or something.
How did Peris become pretty?
By plastic surgery.
How has the surgery changed Peris's personality?
He started to act cocky.
How did Shay get to New Pretty Town?
By sneaking in to it in a hover board through a bridge.
what does orient mean?
To become familiar with something or someone.
what were the names of tally's parents
sol and ellie
What kinds of things get changed when you become a pretty?
You get new skin and scars are removed.