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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. In Chapter 1, when does Julie first see the note?

2. In Chapter 5, how tall is Ray?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 9, who waits for Julie after school?

4. In Chapter 3, what type of flowers does Julie tell Ray that she sent to the funeral?

5. In Chapter 2, where does Helen's older sister, Elsa, do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 5, how does Ray vote about going back to help the boy on the bicycle and why?

2. In Chapter 1, how is the note described that Julie receives at breakfast?

3. In Chapter 9, what does Ray say that he did with his car after the accident?

4. In Chapter 8, what questions does Collie ask Helen, and what does he think about Barry being shot?

5. In Chapter 2, what dating relationships does Barry have?

6. In Chapter 5, how did the accident happen?

7. In Chapter 9, who does Julie want to see and why?

8. In Chapter 10, who is Megan and what does she look like?

9. At the end of Chapter 6, what happens to Barry?

10. In Chapter 1, what is revealed about life for Julie and her mother when Julie's father died?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Helen and Elsa are not very alike in personality or appearance. In what ways are Helen and Elsa total opposites in appearance and mannerisms? How do those differences complicate their relationship and cause friction in their relationship?

Essay Topic 2

A protagonist is usually a good character in the novel, and the antagonist is someone who opposes him. Who is the antagonist in the novel and why? Who are the protagonist or protagonists in the novel? How does the antagonist challenge and oppose the protagonists?

Essay Topic 3

Mood is an element that authors use to evoke feelings in readers through the use of descriptive language. What is the overall mood in the novel? If the mood in the story was a color, what color would that be?

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