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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. To whom does Travis say at the date party in Chapter 14, “Better get a muzzle on your date,” after she insults Abby?

2. Abby is to be whose date at the fraternity Valentine’s Day party in Chapter 18?

3. What new item of furniture has Travis bought in Chapter 13?

4. Travis tells Abby in Chapter 12 that before she came along, the only person who treated him like a normal person was who?

5. What is the title of Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Abby’s outlook in the beginning of Chapter 18? When does the chapter begin?

2. What conversations does Abby have with Parker and Travis in the beginning of Chapter 17?

3. What resolution have Abby and Travis reached at the end if Chapter 20?

4. How does Abby’s father need her help in Chapter 14? What is Abby’s response to this request?

5. What is Abby’s response to the offer that Travis receives in Chapter 16?

6. What leads up to the fight between Travis and a costumed pirate in Chapter 11?

7. What is the outcome of the fight in Chapter 16? What offer has Travis received?

8. How is Abby’s “date” with Parker described in Chapter 19?

9. Where are Abby and her friends in Chapter 15? What is the objective in this setting?

10. Who is Jesse, and what is Abby’s response when she encounters him in Chapter 15?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define “motif” in narrative literature, and discuss the motif of fighting in the novel. Why does Travis engage in the fights on campus? What draws the other students to watch the fights? What do you think this recurring backdrop represents symbolically in the story?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the character of Ethan in the narrative. What are Abby’s first impressions of Ethan at the bar? Where does Ethan live? What later happens to Ethan in the story?

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