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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. How many years is Riley behind Clare and Aidan in school?

2. How long have Clare and Stella been friends?

3. Who is having people over on Aidan and Clare's last night together?

4. What time does Aidan's flight leave?

5. In Stop 6, what type of special art exhibition does Clare remember going to with Aidan at an art museum downtown?

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

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

4. How are Clare and Stella supposed to be there for one another, and how has Stella been missing?

5. What souvenir does Aidan give Clare after they stop at the high school?

6. Who is sitting at Aidan and Clare's usual table in the pizza place and what do the kids sitting there do when they see Aidan and Clare?

7. What does Clare remember about the first time she and Aidan went bowling?

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

9. What does Clare remember about her friendship with Stella?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Aidan's parents have high expectations for him and what they want him to do. Clare's parents want her to do well, but they allow her to make her own decisions. How do the relationships Clare and Aidan have with their parents differ and why?

Essay Topic 2

Candy lessens the tension between Clare and Aidan. How and why does a package of gum that Clare has and a bag of candy that Aidan gives her lessen the tension between them?

Essay Topic 3

During the Stops, Aidan and Clare get upset and quarrel. What external forces cause Clare and Aidan to feel angry and to quarrel? How do they take out their anger on others?

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