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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 Beck give to Joe as a thank you for helping her off the tracks?

2. According to Joe, what makes us stronger?

3. Who is Nathan Herzog?

4. Whose cap does Joe take?

5. Where does Joe make plans to meet Benji?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Candace and what does the reader know about her?

2. What happened while Joe was being punished by Mr. Mooney?

3. What enables Joe to monitor Beck's communications with others?

4. How does Joe dispose of Benji?

5. How does Joe meet Beck? What does Joe think about her?

6. Who is Spencer Hewitt? What is significant about him?

7. What information does Joe learn while at Beck's fiction reading?

8. How does Joe get inside Beck's apartment and what does he do there?

9. Why did Mr. Mooney punish Joe? How did he punish him?

10. What does Benji give Joe? What does he tell him about this item?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider the importance of character names in the novel. Choose three characters (Beck, Benji, Dr. Nicky, the Captain, Peach, or Karen Minty) and discuss how each’s name holds a significant, deeper meaning.

Essay Topic 2

Does Joe experience any change over the course of the novel? In what ways does he change and in what ways does he remain the same?

Essay Topic 3

To what extent is Joe a sympathetic character? Explain the “likeability” of Joe’s character, using examples from the text to support your argument.

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