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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 realization does Will have about his mother in Chapter 20?

2. During their date in Chapter 18, Will is shocked to learn what about Stella?

3. What does Will realize at the end of his date with Stella in Chapter 18?

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

5. What does Stella break during her rage in Chapter 21?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the argument between Will and Stella in Chapter 24.

4. What news does Stella get in Chapter 23? How does she react to this news?

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

6. How has Poe changed in Chapter 21? What are his plans for the future?

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

8. What surprise has Stella arranged for Will's birthday in Chapter 20?

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

10. What agreement has Will come to with his mother in Chapter 30?

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

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

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