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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 does Torey scream?

2. What rumor is circulating around school?

3. Who is shy and beautiful?

4. Why does Mrs. Creed believe Chris could not have written a suicide note?

5. Whose body is it that Torey had believed to be Chris?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Ali tell Torey about more of Chris's diary she had read?

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

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

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

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. 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?

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

10. What upsets Mr. Adams about Torey and what does he tell Torey as he takes him home from school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Torey is a sensitive person who can easily put himself into the shoes of any person around him.

1. Why do you think, using examples from the book, that this statement is true?

2. Do you think it's unnatural for a boy to be so sensitive? Why or why not?

3. Pretend you have met someone who comes from a different culture. Discuss the thoughts that might be involved in order to put yourself in that person's shoes.

Essay Topic 2

Torey and Ali are upset by the treatment they feel Bo is receiving, and they insist that Mrs. Adams do something to help him. Their attitude changes Mrs. Adams' attitude, and she begins seeing reality instead of preconceived perceptions in regards to Bo and his status as a boon, touching again on one of the major themes of the novel.

1. To what theme do you think this sentence refers? Use examples from other parts of the book where you've seen this theme.

2. Discuss what a theme in a novel is and how themes are shown throughout a book. Include in your discussion other themes you have noticed in this novel.

3. Why do you think Mrs. Adams has seen Bo in a different light following the visit to the police station in Chapter 10? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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