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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 talk about during her presentation?

2. How does Conner feel when he is crossing the bridge?

3. In Chapter Ninety, what is the goal for the first full day of camp?

4. In Chapter Fifty-Eight, what does Conner write about?

5. What are the names of the counselors at Wilderness Camp?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who is Carmella?

6. What happens during group therapy that shocks Dr. Starr and intensifies the attraction between Conner and Vanessa?

7. What happens between Tony and Vanessa in Chapters Seventy-seven and Seventy-eight?

8. Why is Vanessa getting sick in the bathroom?

9. What does Vanessa discover about being outdoors?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The students have already discussed their happiest memories, but don't reveal their darkest memories until they are at the wilderness camp.

1) What was Vanessa's darkest time and how did it change her?

2) What was Conner's darkest time and how did it change him?

3) What was Tony's darkest time and how did it change him?

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

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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