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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 Will decide to do in Chapter 22?

2. Who pulls Stella out of the pond in Chapter 25?

3. What has Stella become, according to Stella in Chapter 31?

4. Where will Stella and Will meet on their first official date in Chapter 17?

5. What does Will ask Stella to do so that he can leave in Chapter 29?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 17, how does Stella prepare for her date with Will? What obstacles does she face?

2. In Chapter 22, why does Will decide to leave the hospital for good?

3. What convinces Stella to take the lungs in Chapter 27?

4. What does Julie tell Stella in Chapter 15? What is the impact of this information on Stella?

5. How is Stella's life saved after she falls in the pond?

6. Why does Will leave the hospital for good? What does he ask Stella to do first?

7. Discuss the effects Abby's death has had on Stella's present state.

8. What do Will and Stella believe about the afterlife, according to their conversation in Chapter 18?

9. Why do Poe and Stella argue in Chapter 15? How does their argument end?

10. How does Will's birthday party end? What are the CFers told?

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

Consider the time frame of the novel. In the span of only a couple weeks, Stella and Will fall in love, and Stella risks everything for time with Will. Is falling in love so quickly realistic? Why or why not? Defend your choice using examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

First impressions can be deceiving in this novel. How do Stella and Will differ from the first impressions they make? How are these first impressions revised and/or altered as the novel progresses?

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