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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 ask Stella to do so that he can leave in Chapter 29?

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

3. What does Stella do when her phone starts ringing in Chapter 23?

4. At the end of Chapter 19, what plan does Stella begin to formulate?

5. Upon hearing his test results in Chapter 28, how does Will feel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is Michael? What does Stella learn about him in Chapter 15?

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

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 emergency occurs in Chapter 21? How does Stella react?

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

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

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

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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