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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 attempt to do in a moment of forgetfulness during the emergency in Chapter 21?

2. What is the subject of Stella's most recent video, which Will watches in Chapter 30?

3. In Chapter 21, the CFers are informed they will all be confined to their rooms until what tests are run?

4. What is the subject of Stella's newest video, which she uploads in Chapter 16?

5. In Chapter 15, as she is recovering from surgery, Stella begins texting with whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Stella experience as she is in the icy pond in Chapter 25?

2. Over what do Will and his mother argue in Chapter 20? What realization does Will have after their argument?

3. What are the results of the tests in Chapter 28? How does Will react to the news?

4. What is the subject of the video Stella uploads in Chapter 16? What plan does she outline?

5. Where does Stella want to go in Chapter 22? How does Will feel about her plan?

6. How has Stella become more fatalistic as the novel progresses? How has Will become more hopeful? How do Chapters 23 and 24 particularly illustrate this change?

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

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

9. What sends Will into a panic in Chapter 28? How does Dr. Hamid soothe him?

10. How has Will changed in Chapter 30? What are his plans?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

What might Stella be like had she never lost her sister Abby? Argue for an alternative reality based on what the reader knows of Stella’s history, actions, and beliefs.

Essay Topic 3

How would you classify this novel? Is it a romance novel? A coming-of-age novel? A chronic illness novel? All of the above? How does the novel’s classification affect your understanding of the novel?

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