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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 13, who does Barry tell Ray called him?

2. In Chapter 17, what time does Collie say that his date is?

3. In Chapter 15 after swimming together, where does Collie say that he is going?

4. In Chapter 17, when Helen is hiding from Collie, who does she realize lied?

5. In Chapter 13, how much money does Barry say that he had in his wallet the night he was shot?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 13, what does Barry tell Ray happened the night he was shot?

2. In Chapter 15, what does Ray tell Helen when she says that she can sneak in and see Barry?

3. In Chapter 16, how does Mrs. James feel when she gets a premonition, and what does that feeling mean?

4. In Chapter 14, how does Ray feel after seeing Barry and why?

5. In Chapter 17, how does Collie say that he found out that Julie was involved in the accident that killed his half brother?

6. What does Helen do in Chapter 17, when she learns that Collie intends to kill her?

7. In Chapter 14, what does Bud say when Ray says he is going to try to get Julie back?

8. In Chapter 14, what is Ray thinking about after leaving the drugstore, and what does he not notice as he drives away?

9. In Chapter 15, what does one of the schoolteachers say to Helen when she sees her at the pool with Collie?

10. In Chapter 15, who calls Helen and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Julie and Ray visit the Gregg home. How does the visit to the home make the Gregg’s seem more real to Julie? Why does the family seem abstract before the visit? What is revealed about the things that are abstract and reality through the visit?

Essay Topic 2

Point of view determines what readers know about characters and events. How does the viewpoint in the novel change in chapters? Even though the viewpoint in the novel changes does the type of point of view that the author uses change? How does using multiple viewpoints affect what readers know about characters and events?

Essay Topic 3

Julie and Ray were dating before the accident. How would you describe the relationship between Julie and Ray before the accident? How did the accident affect their relationship? Did the accident change the feelings they had for one another?

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