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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. Why will Bo have to stay in jail over the weekend?

2. Why is Bo arrested a second time?

3. What does Leandra imply about Ali?

4. Why does the principal grab Torey?

5. Why does Torey scream?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ali tell Torey about some of the kids at school and how did she find out?

2. What happened during the confrontation between Alex and Torey?

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

4. What does Mrs. Adams say about Bo and why? What does Ali tell her about her fears?

5. Where do Torey and Ali find Mrs. Adams when they return to his house and what does she say?

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

7. 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?

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

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

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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