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

2. What does Torey announce to Renee?

3. What does Leandra imply about Ali?

4. Why are Ali and her brother going to stay at Torey's house for a while?

5. What does Torey do in the basement?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Ali again bring up as to what happened to Chris and what does Torey say about her idea?

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

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

5. What do Torey and Ali do when the police come for Bo?

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

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 does Mrs. Adams tell Torey about his vision at the rocks?

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

10. What happens when Torey and Ali get on the school bus the morning after being at the police station?

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 changed so completely that he cannot even make himself talk to his friends about what is going on. In the past, Torey would have told Alex anything, but in light of his new friendship with Bo and knowing what has been going on with Ali and Chris, Torey cannot relate to Alex anymore. Torey has matured, while his friends have not.

1. Do you think if you had experienced what Torey has by Chapter 13 in the book you would have changed in the ways he has? Why or why not?

2. Discuss the way that crisis can change a person. Use ideas from the book and your own life to support your answer.

3. Why do you think Torey sees his friends as shallow from all the events up to Chapter 13? Use ideas from the book and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Mrs. Creed is a woman who does not want to take the blame for anything as horrible as the disappearance of her son. To Mrs. Creed, admitting that her son left her intentionally is symbolic of her own failures as a mother. This is the last thing Mrs. Creed will admit to.

1. Do you think Mrs. Creed is to blame for Chris's disappearance? Why or why not. Use ideas from the book and your own life to support your answer.

2. Do you think is Chris ran away it does any good to place the blame on anyone? Why or why not? Use ideas from the book and your own life to support your answer.

3. Explain in depth your reactions to a mother who would rather blame someone for murdering her child than listen to what might be the truth.

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