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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 gets between Dr. Boston and Stanley?

2. What does Ms. Little make Conner do with his poem?

3. How does Bryan inadvertently stop Vanessa from cutting herself?

4. How does Conner behave on the way to wilderness camp?

5. Who stays away from the campfire the first night at wilderness challenge camp?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Conner goes home for the weekend?

2. What advice does Conner give to Tony about his sexual feelings toward Vanessa?

3. What does Vanessa realize about her time at wilderness camp?

4. What does Dr. Starr think when Conner says he doesn't want to go home for Easter?

5. What does Conner think about Tony after they finish talking in Chapter Fifty-Five?

6. What does Vanessa discover about being outdoors?

7. What happens to Vanessa as she begins to think about Conner's hand on her back?

8. What was the nature of Tony and Phillip's relationship?

9. Who is Carmella?

10. Why doesn't Conner think he is ready to go home after the wilderness challenge?

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

Where is Vanessa's father and why did he leave his family? What is Vanessa's grandmother like? Does she support her granddaughter? What does Vanessa's father tell her when they are home together for the Easter holiday? What are his motives for what he tells her?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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