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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. What does Vanessa secretly worry about?

2. Who is arrested in Chapter Forty-one?

3. Who comes to visit Vanessa in Chapter Eighteen?

4. Who was supplying Todd with drugs?

5. What is Conner's level at the end of Chapter Forty-Nine?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Tony eight years earlier?

2. What happened to Tony's friend Phillip?

3. What do Tony and Conner think about Vanessa in Chapter Twenty-six?

4. How does Conner view Dr. Boston?

5. How do Conner's parents behave during their visit?

6. What happens between Conner and his mother during their visit?

7. Who is Paul and how does he assist Vanessa in Chapter Six?

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

9. Why does Tony finally see his father after eight years?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Each of the three teen characters has been admitted to Aspen Springs psychiatric hospital for attempted suicide.

1) How and why did Vanessa attempt suicide?

2) How and why did Conner attempt suicide?

3) How and why did Tony attempt suicide?

Essay Topic 2

Conner is determined to rid himself of his medications. Do you think his decision was influenced by his mother's attitude toward medication? Is Conner giving up his medication because of his mother? Is Conner's abandonment of his medications consistent with his behavior throughout the book? Give examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

The students are assigned to write poems about their happiest memories. The poems they write reveal their intimate feelings.

1) What does Vanessa write about and what does her writing tell the reader about her state of mind?

2) What does Tony write about and what does his writing tell the reader about his state of mind?

3) What does Conner write about and what does his writing tell the reader about his state of mind?

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