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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. What time does Aidan's flight leave?

3. Where is Clare going to College?

4. In the time Clare and Aidan have been going together, how many times has she told him she loves him?

5. As Aidan and Clare prepare to enter the bowling alley, how old are the men gwho come outside?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Where are Aidan and Clare going to college?

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

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

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

7. Where are Stella and Scotty going to college?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Aidan decides not to apply to Harvard even though his father wants him to go there. What does Aidan’s decision reveal about his relationship with his father?

Essay Topic 2

In the novel, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between? What is the importance of these flat characters to the story line? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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