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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. Where is Stella going to college?

2. What is the first stop that Aidan and Clare make?

3. What color bowling shoes does Scotty wear?

4. How long were Clare and Aidan together when she first when to his house?

5. Where did Aidan and Scotty meet?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Clare had thought there was a possibility that Aidan would go to Harvard, what had she thought they might do together?

2. Where are Stella and Scotty going to college?

3. Where did Aidan's parents want him to go to college, and why were they disappointed when he was not accepted there?

4. Why does Clare think her parents are an example of what can happen to high school sweethearts?

5. Why does Aidan say he did not apply to Harvard, and how does his father respond?

6. When and where did Aidan and Clare have their first kiss?

7. What has Clare prepared for and not prepared for before the last night with Aidan?

8. Why is Aidan's father upset with Aidan?

9. Where did Clare and Aidan first see one another?

10. Where have most of Aidan and Clare's friends already gone?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Claire learns that Aidan did not apply to Harvard. How does Clare learn that Aidan did not apply to Harvard? Why does she feel betrayed that he did not tell her he did not apply?

Essay Topic 2

Aidan and Scotty get into a fight. What does the fight have to do with unfulfilled dreams?

Essay Topic 3

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does it help readers connect with and understand characters?

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