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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. Why does Aidan have to go back to his house at 8:40 p.m.?

2. Where did Aidan and Clare have their first kiss?

3. What time does Aidan's flight leave?

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

5. How much time do Aidan and Clare have together in the Prologue?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Clare go inside the gas station, and what does Aidan do when he follows her?

2. What does Clare mind about Aidan not applying to Harvard?

3. Where are Stella and Scotty going to college?

4. 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?

5. Why do Clare and Aidan argue at the bowling alley and after they leave?

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

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

8. Where are Aidan and Clare going to college?

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

10. Why did Clare apply to Stanford?

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

Although Aidan has frequently told Clare he loves her, she has never said she loves him. Why is Clare reluctant to tell Aidan she loves him? Why does it take her so long to say those words?

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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