In question 1 this is an opion based question you think to youre self about how you feel about theese pepole inthe book
like the paragraph said the quarky and unpredictable pepole are round the boring ones are flar=t take the names that are given and determine if they are round or flat
Repetition is a rhetorical device so I believe it is that.
The anecdote that introduces this topic, is the beginning sentence.
"When adolescence hit Frances Jensen's sons, she often found herself wondering, like all parents of teenagers, "What were you thinking?"