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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 calls Torey while he is in the basement?

2. Who comes into the cafeteria in the middle of lunch?

3. Why does the principal ask Mrs. Creed to come to his office along with Torey and Ali?

4. What rumor is circulating around school?

5. What does Torey realize about the boons?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Torey's character appears to be growing with the mystery of Creed's disappearance, while his friends seem to be remaining in the adolescent world of their current existence.

1. What do you think is meant by this statement?

2. Do you think the reaction of Torey's friends to Creed's disappearance is typical of most teenagers? Why or why not?

3. What do you think you would do if you were a member of Torey's group?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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