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

2. What news do Ali and Torey learn from Torey's mother?

3. What does Torey feel when he is standing on the rock in the burial ground?

4. Why is Ali afraid for Bo?

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

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 say about Bo and why? What does Ali tell her about her fears?

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

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

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

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

7. What do Torey, Ali and Bo decide to do about Isabella once they found her name?

8. Explain what happened when Torey met with Isabella.

9. 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?

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

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

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 3

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.

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