• Why does Tally go back to Pretty Town, asking to undergo the operation?
• Before Shay and Tally each turn 16, what is their final argument about?
• What token of kindness do the captured Smoke residents leave behind for Tally, who has not yet been caught?
• After Shay is made pretty, why does she forgive Tally for “stealing” David from her?
• How did Az and Maddy change themselves back into uglies after deciding they did not want to be pretty any longer?
• She needs to test the pill that Maddy has invented to remove lesions from pretties’ brains.
• Shay does not believe in the operation, and thinks that being ugly is what makes people human, but Tally does not agree.
• The captured Smokies kick of their shoes because they know Tally is barefoot.
• Shay has lesions on her brain which make her think differently than she used to.
• They took daily doses of a chemical which absorbed the “smart plastic” in their bodies that had been used to create their pretty faces.

Essay Question: Other than the required pretty operation, what are the major differences between the future pretty society and our own society? • There are significant differences between our society and the pretty society. For example, there is much less violence in the pretty society. Its members do not solve problems by war, but by fair, logical decisions. Also, the members of the society do not experience very many stressful situations due to lesions on their brains. The residents’ ways of thinking is by far the greatest difference between our society and the futuristic pretty society. From the time our society’s members are very young, we are most likely taught to believe that diversity is one of the greatest things about today’s world. In the futuristic pretty society, the residents are taught that all humans should look extremely similar. This is what they consider to be beautiful. Another difference between the societies is that the pretty society is much more eco-friendly than today’s society. Finally, the government controls the pretty society much more than our current government. Everyone is forced to undergo the pretty operation when they turn sixteen years old, even though there is a small minority that does not want to do so.