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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. Little make Conner do with his poem?

2. What does Ms. Littell do when Vanessa leaves class for the bathroom?

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

4. Who will the kids have to rely on while at the camp?

5. What does Tony notice about everyone the morning after letters arrive?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Vanessa getting sick in the bathroom?

2. What will the wilderness challenge be like?

3. Why is Tony worried about Conner?

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

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

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

7. What happens between Vanessa and her father that reinforces in her mind that she has the support of her family?

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

9. Why does Conner become so upset during the movie outing?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tony and Phillip

1) How did Tony meet Phillip?

2) What happened to Phillip?

3) What was the nature of the relationship between Tony and Phillip?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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