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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. How long has Connor's father been gone in Chapter 9?

2. What is Lucas favorite ice cream?

3. In what year is most of the novel set?

4. What does the visitor at the cabin in Chapter 3 give Lucas to drink?

5. How do Libby's parents signal her to come in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What advice does Zoe give Lucas about picking a movie?

2. How does Zoe get confused when Lucas asks her about Connor?

3. During his second visit with Zoe, Lucas notes that now he knew how Connor felt. What does he mean?

4. What is Zoe's explanation for why people cannot forgive her?

5. What does Lucas discover about Zoe's past?

6. What does Lucas say in the letter he writes to Roy?

7. What does Lucas discover about Zoe when he shows up one morning and she is not at her cabin?

8. What ends the relationship between Lucas and Libby?

9. Why is Lucas having trouble reading Roy's letter?

10. What do Lucas and Darren talk about before the date with Libby?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one passage from Part I and one from Part II. Then write an essay in which you compare and contrast the tones of these two passages, looking specifically at elements such as diction, imagery, details, language, and syntax.

Essay Topic 2

In an essay, discuss the writer's choice of the word "Stay" as the title for the book. How does this title relate to one or more of the book's themes?

Essay Topic 3

In an essay, explain how the author uses the novel's structure to develop one or more of its central themes.

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