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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 Nate give Bronwyn in Part 2?

2. Who wants to get involved with Cooper's case?

3. How many openly gay players are in the MLB?

4. How does Addy know Vanessa put graffiti on her locker?

5. How does Nonny know Cooper does not love Keely?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the police accused of violating regarding Cooper?

2. How is Bronwyn being implicated?

3. Why is Keely a common thread in the mystery?

4. How does Cooper escape the gym?

5. What is revealed about Maeve?

6. Why is Bronwyn interested in Eli?

7. What show are the students featured on?

8. How are Nate and Cooper treated differently than Addy and Bronwyn?

9. Why does Mikhail use his show to promote the students' innocence?

10. Why does Addy want to be funny?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was stacked up in and around the sink Simon got his water from? What kind of classroom is detention held in? Explain how the petri dish image could be a clue to Simon's accident. Why would the author provide the reader with such a copious amount of detail in this scene?

Essay Topic 2

Why does the author write some characters as static and some as dynamic? Would the novel be effective if all of the characters were one way or the other? Which of the main characters has changed the most as the story progresses and how have they developed?

Essay Topic 3

What does Bronwyn mean when she says that she participates in life enough for both her sister and herself. Explain the dynamics of Bronwyn's immediate family. What is the author's purpose in providing detail about Maeve's medical history?

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