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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. Where does Conrad disappear from?

2. How does Conrad treat Belly when they are childhood friends?

3. Why does Jeremiah want to kiss Belly?

4. Why is Belly ecstatic when Conrad vanishes?

5. Where is the beach house located?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the subject of Belly's daydreams at the start of the book?

2. What is Belly's relationship to Susannah Fisher?

3. What is the final thing Susannah asks Belly?

4. What makes it hard for Conrad to call Belly after leaving the beach house?

5. What does Jeremiah claim was the defining event in his grief?

6. When Jeremiah phones Belly in a frenzy some time after the funeral, what does Belly agree to assist Jeremiah with?

7. What is it about Jeremiah's request for a turning point that concerns him?

8. How does Conrad act at the prom?

9. After the burial for his mother, why does Jeremiah get enraged with Belly?

10. Following the funeral, what does Belly discover in the basement?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do you identify with Jenny Han’s powerful description of first love?

Essay Topic 2

In the first chapter, Susannah Fisher has passed away. How were you affected by this beginning?

Essay Topic 3

What is the turning point in Belly and Conrad’s relationship? Were you surprised by the direction it took?

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