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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. Who raped Tony?

2. In Chapter Seven, who arrives in Conner's room to see if he is settled in?

3. What animal does Conner describe Dr. Starr as being?

4. What does Conner think made him popular?

5. How does Tony begin to feel about Vanessa in Chapter Forty-one?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Conner achieve Level One?

2. How does Conner learn about the drug bust?

3. Why is Conner in Aspen Springs psychiatric hospital?

4. What does Vanessa reveal about her mother and herself?

5. Why are Vanessa and her brother living with their grandmother?

6. Why is Vanessa afraid of church?

7. In Chapter Thirty-six, how does Vanessa feel about Aspen Springs?

8. In Chapter Thirty, what goes on between Vanessa and Conner?

9. What happens in Vanessa's room between Vanessa and Paul?

10. Why does Conner think he might be able to use Stephanie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What happened in Tony's life that caused him to spin out of control? How could his father have helped him through this event? How could his mother have helped him? What did Tony do as a result of the event? How did the event change his life forever?

Essay Topic 2

At various times in the book Vanessa feels attracted to both Tony and Conner. Why is she attracted to each of the boys? Is she confusing friendship with sexual attraction? How do the boys feel about her? What is the difference between her feelings for Conner and her feelings for Tony?

Essay Topic 3

Mr. Hildalgo assigns the teens an essay on the Patriot Act.

1) What is the Patriot Act?

2) Why is it included in the book?

3) How does Conner feel about the subject?

4) How does Vanessa feel about the subject?

5) How does Tony feel about the subject?

6) What do their essays tell the reader about their personalities?

7) How do you feel about it?

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