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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. How does Will attempt to cheer Stella up in Chapter 8?

2. According to Will in Chapter 14, when did his father leave?

3. As Stella is placed under anesthesia in Chapter 13, she begins moving toward what?

4. What effect are Stella and Poe having on Will in Chapter 12?

5. Who admonishes Stella's parents in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Will already impacting Stella's behavior in Chapter 5? What risky behaviors does she perform because of him?

2. How does Stella's lunch with her mother in Chapter 9 add to Stella's feelings of guilt?

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

4. Why has Will come to Saint Grace's Hospital?

5. What does Stella's first impression of Will? Why does she think this?

6. What impact is Stella having on Will's health, as described in Chapter 8?

7. What does Barb tell Stella about B. cepacia in the third chapter? How does she react to the information?

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

9. What does Poe tell Will about himself in Chapter 12? What effect does this have on Will?

10. What does Will come to believe about Abby in Chapter 10? What leads him to this realization?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Compare and contrast Will’s relationship with his mother with Poe’s relationship with his mother. How are they similar, and how are they different?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze how the novel’s setting (Saint Grace’s Hospital) influences both the characters and the novel’s plot.

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