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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 does Torey meet on the way to the cafeteria?

2. What do Torey and Bo plan?

3. What seems to be adversely affecting Ali's behavior?

4. Who comes to Ali's room when her mom and boyfriend are upstairs?

5. What are a couple ways the boys offer that Chris Creed may have died?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Torey think the note clearly show and what does he think most people would miss if they read the note?

2. What did the Creeds believe about their son?

3. What do Torey and his friends talk about when they discuss Chris Creed and how they acted towards him?

4. Who does Torey find when he enters the cafeteria?

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

6. What does Leo do when he comes in Torey's room and how does Torey react?

7. What does Torey say Chris was like?

8. 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?

9. What does Torey put on the table where he is sitting with his friends?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Chapter 20 is a turning point for Torey, the moment when he must decide if he will lie down and allow himself to be victimized like the boons have been all these years or rise up and fight. Torey has chosen to fight.

1. Do you think Torey's background gave him the courage to fight for himself, as opposed to the boons? Why or why not? Use ideas from the book and your own life to support your answer.

2. Do you think Bo is allowing himself to be victimized or does he show a consideration for others in his confessing to the phone call? Explain your reasoning.

3. Do you think it is wise for Torey to think the best way to fight for himself is to look for Chris Creed's body? Explain your reasoning.

Essay Topic 2

Bo announces to everyone that Renee should not talk about Ali's mother because her own father slept with her all last year.

1. Do you think it was right or wrong of Bo to bring Renee's father and Ali's mother into a public fight? Explain in depth your reasoning.

2. Discuss the implications of Bo knowing about an affair the chief of police had.

3. If you were Ali, how would you feel about Bo's announcement and what would you do?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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