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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. In order to surprise Stella, what does Will gather in Chapter 28?

2. In Chapter 24, how does Stella feel about the new lungs waiting for her?

3. Where does Stella go to be alone at the end of Chapter 21?

4. During their date in Chapter 18, what promise does Stella give Will?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What two gifts does Will give Stella in Chapter 29?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role of distance as it pertains to the lives of Stella and Will.

Essay Topic 2

The characters in the novel have all faced obstacles, setbacks, or even failures that influenced their characters and the plot of the novel. Choose three characters and analyze how their challenges affected both the individual character as well as the novel as a whole.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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