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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 is the name of Stella's sister?

2. According to Will's reminiscing in Chapter 4, where was he the last time he saw snow?

3. What has changed about Julie since the last time Stella saw her?

4. Who is Julie?

5. What antibiotic-resistant infection did Will develop eight months earlier?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Stella remember about Arizona in Chapter 11? How does this memory contribute to Stella's feelings of guilt?

2. Why does Stella go into Will's room? What does she do in there?

3. Describe Will and Stella's rooftop argument in Chapter 5.

4. Over what do Poe and Stella argue in Chapter 7?

5. What does Will learn during his conversation with Poe in Chapter 6?

6. In Chapter 4, what does the reader learn about Will's relationship with his mother?

7. What does Stella experience as she is placed under anesthesia in Chapter 13?

8. Why is Stella sad in Chapter 8? How does Will cheer her up?

9. Who is Poe and what is special about him? What does the reader learn about him the novel's opening chapters?

10. How has Will affected Stella's anxiety? What solution does she propose in Chapter 6? What is Will's response?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the author’s choice to tell this story by using alternating perspectives. How does viewing the action through the eyes of both Stella and Will affect the story? How would the book be different if the story was told through just one of their perspectives?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the changes both Stella and Will experience over the course of the novel. How do they change, and how do they remain the same?

Essay Topic 3

Risk taking (or its opposite, playing it safe) plays a big role in the lives of the main characters. Discuss how this idea is illustrated by the lives of Stella, Will, and Poe. How does the behavior of each reflect their characters as well as the themes of the novel?

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