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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. Why does the principal grab Torey?

2. What is Bo going to hide out in the woods?

3. What can Torey not get out of his head?

4. How does Ali know about all the problems of kids at school?

5. What happens when Torey starts to climb off the rock.

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Torey and Ali tell Mrs. Creed about Christopher?

2. What happened during the confrontation between Alex and Torey?

3. What do Torey and Ali do when the police come for Bo?

4. What happens when Torey and Ali get on the school bus the morning after being at the police station?

5. Where is Torey after he is rescued from the burial grounds and what is he refusing to do? How are the doctors responding to his refusal?

6. What do Ali and Torey discover about Chris and another town?

7. Who calls Torey from school and what do they talk about?

8. What do Torey, Ali and Bo decide to do about Isabella once they found her name?

9. What upsets Mr. Adams about Torey and what does he tell Torey as he takes him home from school?

10. What does Mrs. Creed say to Torey and Ali's statements?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Torey and Ali are upset by the treatment they feel Bo is receiving, and they insist that Mrs. Adams do something to help him. Their attitude changes Mrs. Adams' attitude, and she begins seeing reality instead of preconceived perceptions in regards to Bo and his status as a boon, touching again on one of the major themes of the novel.

1. To what theme do you think this sentence refers? Use examples from other parts of the book where you've seen this theme.

2. Discuss what a theme in a novel is and how themes are shown throughout a book. Include in your discussion other themes you have noticed in this novel.

3. Why do you think Mrs. Adams has seen Bo in a different light following the visit to the police station in Chapter 10? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Bo announces to everyone that Renee should not talk about Ali's mother because her own father slept with her all last year.

1. Do you think it was right or wrong of Bo to bring Renee's father and Ali's mother into a public fight? Explain in depth your reasoning.

2. Discuss the implications of Bo knowing about an affair the chief of police had.

3. If you were Ali, how would you feel about Bo's announcement and what would you do?

Essay Topic 3

Mrs. Creed's choice of suspects, Bo Richardson, is simply a grasping at straws due to the fact that Bo injured her son the year before. The only thing wrong with this is that Bo is not the only person to have seriously hurt Chris, a fact even Torey cannot escape. The fact is that Bo is the only boon to have seriously injured Chris. This touches on another theme of the novel, categorizing people or class distinction.

1. Do you think poor people are more apt to be accused of a crime than wealthy people? Why or why not?

2. Why do you think Mrs. Creed wants to suspect Bo Richardson of killing her son?

3. Do you think poor people are more likely to commit crimes than wealthy people? Why or why not?

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