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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 many stores does Parker say he went to in order to find the perfect gift for Abby in Chapter 6?

2. Of Travis, Abby says to America in Chapter 7, “I don’t think he’s capable of” what?

3. What does Brazil begin pouring shots of at Abby’s surprise party in Chapter 7?

4. Travis tells Abby in Chapter 3 that the guy he ran off for buying her a beer at the club was arrested last year for what?

5. What has gone out at Abby’s dorm building in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do Abby and Parker go on their first date in Chapter 5? How does the date go?

2. How does Abby respond to the rumors that begin to circulate about her in Chapter 3? What does Travis suggest?

3. How does Travis go about inserting himself into Abby’s life initially in Chapter 2?

4. What leads up to Abby’s surprise party in Chapter 7? How does the party begin?

5. Where does Abby wake up in Chapter 8? Why is she told to call America?

6. What interaction takes place between Abby and Parker at the party in Chapter 5?

7. What confrontation takes place between Abby and Travis in the beginning of Chapter 10?

8. How does the friendship between Abby and Travis progress in Chapter 2?

9. What conversation takes place between Abby and Finch in the beginning of Chapter 9?

10. What rumor has begun circulating after Abby’s party in Chapter 8?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the fight between Travis and Brock McMann in Chapter 16. How does Brock differ from Travis’s usual opponents at Eastern? What is the outcome of the fight? How does the outcome predict Travis’s future as a fighter?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and analyze the character of Brazil in the novel. How does Brazil know Abby, Travis, and the other characters? What information does America reveal about Brazil prior to the party? What is the truth of the matter?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the symbolism and imagery of Parker’s gift to Abby for her birthday in Chapter 6. What does this gift represent symbolically? How does Abby respond to the gift? Where does this object reappear in the story?

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