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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. Where does Torey tell Ali he has been?

2. What may demonstrate a change taking place inside Torey?

3. Why does Torey scream?

4. Why could the phone call that Torey made cause serious problems for Bo?

5. What does Torey decide at the end of this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Ali and Torey discover about Chris and another town?

2. Where is Torey after he is rescued from the burial grounds and what is he refusing to do? How are the doctors responding to his refusal?

3. What do Torey and Ali tell Mrs. Creed about Christopher?

4. What does Torey see after he broke his leg?

5. How do Bo and Ali act the next day at school and how do the kids at school respond? How does Torey feel about their response?

6. Explain what happened when Torey met with Isabella.

7. What does Leandra accuse Ali of being and how does she react?

8. What does Torey first see on his second trip into the burial grounds and what does he decide?

9. Describe the fight Ali, Torey, Renee, Alex and Bo have outside a store.

10. Who calls Torey from school and what do they talk about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Torey has gained a greater knowledge of the reality behind the perception in this chapter, both through Chris and his mother's strict, unpleasant behaviors and through Bo's kind nature that has been hidden behind his poor background.

1. Do you think everyone has false perceptions about people they know? Explain your answer using examples.

2. Explain the cliche "you can't tell a book by its cover" in reference to the statement above.

3. Do you think that Chris's mother and her type of child raising is abusive? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 13, Ali and Torey's conversation reveals not only more depth to each of their characters, including Ali's motivations for ruining her own reputation and Torey's unhappiness in his perfect life, but it also provides more depth to the repercussions of Mrs. McDermott's own destructive behavior.

1. What do you think this statement means? Use ideas from the book and your own life to support your answer.

2. What do you think are the repercussions of Mrs. McDermott's behavior? Use ideas from the book and your own life to support your answer.

3. Why do you think the conversation between Ali and Torey revealed more of their characters? Use ideas from the book and your own life to support your answer.

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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