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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 is happy to read the fake emails between Evan and Connor?

2. What does Zoe think Evan and Connor were fighting about?

3. What instrument does Zoe play?

4. Where does Evan's father live?

5. What does Evan's mother remind him to do before the afternoon?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the Murphy's feel about the Connor Project?

2. What does Evan tell Zoe was the reason that Connor pushed him?

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

4. What project has Evan thought up to honor Connor?

5. Why does Evan dread the first day of school every year?

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

7. What is Evan's plan for when he goes over to dinner at the Murphy's?

8. What does Zoe think about Evan and Connor?

9. What does Cynthia give to Evan after he pitches the Connor Project?

10. What happen to Connor when he wakes up in the hospital?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Evan grows close to the Murphy family after spending time with them. What about this being around this family does Evan enjoy, and in what ways it is different from being with his own? Use specific evidence to support your claims.

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the novel, Evan gradually builds an elaborate web of lies in order to convince everyone that he was Connor's best friend. Write an essay in which you argue whether or not Evan's fictional narrative was ultimately helpful or harmful to Connor's family and the community at large.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you describe the narrative voice of Evan Hansen. Use specific adjectives and examples from the text to analyze the nature of Evan's narrative voice.

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