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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. Who had supposedly sent an email to the principal at the previous school where Torey attended?

2. What did Torey do on his computer as another student barges into Torey's room?

3. What does Torey think is happening to Bo?

4. What does Bo do when he hears Ali's mom and boyfriend having sex?

5. Why is Torey glad to see Ali?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Torey run into on the way to the cafeteria and how does he know her? Why doesn't he see her often any more?

2. What did Torey think the Creeds were hoping for about their son?

3. What do the Creeds announce in church Sunday?

4. What is the story Alex tells Torey about him and Chris Creed when they were about twelve?

5. What does Leandra suggest about the note?

6. What does Torey do when Alex and Ryan don't show up for band practice?

7. Why does Bo think he will be blamed for killing Chris Creed?

8. With whom and why is Torey at the police station?

9. What does Torey say Chris was like?

10. What does Torey Adams do in his senior year of high school and what does he think about it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The idea that Chris, the most unpopular boy in school, had a girlfriend is an interesting new development. Perhaps Chris was not the person Torey and everyone else believed him to be. This idea and the diary itself give Torey new insight into who Chris Creed was and new sympathy for him.

1. What do you think the idea of Chris Creed having a girlfriend might change the way Torey thought of him? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Expand on the idea that no one is the person people think she/he is from the outside. Use ideas from the book and your own life to illustrate your points.

3. Why do you think Chris Creed's diary engendered sympathy from Torey? Use ideas from the book and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Mrs. Creed's choice of suspects, Bo Richardson, is simply a grasping at straws due to the fact that Bo injured her son the year before. The only thing wrong with this is that Bo is not the only person to have seriously hurt Chris, a fact even Torey cannot escape. The fact is that Bo is the only boon to have seriously injured Chris. This touches on another theme of the novel, categorizing people or class distinction.

1. Do you think poor people are more apt to be accused of a crime than wealthy people? Why or why not?

2. Why do you think Mrs. Creed wants to suspect Bo Richardson of killing her son?

3. Do you think poor people are more likely to commit crimes than wealthy people? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 1, Torey compares the boy Leo to Chris Creed.

1. Why do you think Torey sees Chris Creed in Leo, from the amount of detail you've been given thus far.

2. How would you feel about someone doing what Leo did when he came in Torey's room? Would you have done something different than what Torey did? Why or why not?

3. Explain why you think Torey trying to keep Leo from seeing his email project.

4. Explain in detail about a student in your school who tends to be unpopular, why it is so and how others react to this person.

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