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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 Ms. Littell want her students to write about?

2. What do Vanessa and Tony tell each other in Chapter Seventy-eight?

3. What does Conner do with his letter from his parents?

4. Why does Tony encourage Connor to sleep with Vanessa?

5. Who does Vanessa overhear in the bathroom in chapter 57?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tony tell Conner he did that caused him to be sent to juvenile hall?

2. Why is Vanessa getting sick in the bathroom?

3. What is Tony's response to Conner's questions about his sexuality?

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

5. What positive thing does Vanessa decide to do when visiting her grandmother?

6. How did Tony meet Phillip?

7. Why is Tony worried about Conner?

8. What dis Conner's mother say in her letter to him?

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

10. Who is Carmella?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Conner's visit home

1) What happens when Conner returns home?

2) How does his mother treat him?

3) How does he feel about being home?

4) What has happened to Emily? How does this affect Conner?

Essay Topic 2

Conner has a history of confusing love and sex. He was molested by his nanny as a child and engaged in a sexual relationship with an older woman before coming to Aspen Springs. His doctor, Dr. Starr, knows of Conner's history. What effect is her behavior having on Conner? Do you think it is appropriate for her to be touching Conner and unbuttoning her shirt in front of him? Why or why not? Is she doing these things on purpose?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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