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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 Evan have on his arm?

2. What are Evan's initials?

3. What does Alana agree to be co-presidents for?

4. Who does Connor recognize at the hospital?

5. Who makes fun of Evan's arm?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Evan go to Connor's wake, and what does he realize when he gets there?

2. What happens during Evan's speech at the assembly?

3. What does Evan think about his relationship with Jared?

4. What happened to Evan at the park where he was working in the summer?

5. What does Evan find out from Alana Beck the day after making the emails?

6. How does Evan paint himself in the emails between himself and Connor?

7. What does Evan like to watch in his free time?

8. What does Evan end up telling the Murphy's about him and Connor?

9. What does Evan's mom tell him about at Bell House?

10. What does Evan tell his mother about Connor when she first asks?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about Connor's relationship with his family. Specifically, analyze the ways in which their perspectives of each other change or do not change after Connor's death.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you discuss how Evan's "status" at school changes throughout the novel. Use specific moments from the text to support your claims.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you compare and contrast the narrative tones of the book's two narrators, Connor Murphy and Evan Hansen. In what ways are these narrative tones different, and in what ways are they similar? Be sure to use evidence from the text to support your ideas.

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