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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. In Chapter Seven, what does Leah do about the soccer game?

2. In Chapter Thirteen, what does Leah hear in the other dressing room?

3. In Chapter Ten, who does Taylor want to join the band?

4. In Chapter One, who does Leah particularly watch in the play?

5. In Chapter Four, what does Nora ask Leah to be?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter Twelve, what does Leah find out about Garrett? What does she pre-empt?

2. In Chapter Two, how does Leah feel about Abby? What happens with Abby at the end of Chapter Two?

3. In Chapter Fourteen, where does Simon get into? What does Leah say about this?

4. In Chapter Three, how does Leah explain her mom? What is their relationship?

5. In Chapter Seven, how does Leah feel towards Wells? Why does she decide at the brunch?

6. In Chapter Nine, what does Simon tell Leah about Abby and Nick? What does Simon worry?

7. In Chapter Seven, how does Leah feel seeing her mom and Wells? What does she do after brunch?

8. In Chapter Four, what does Leah get in the mail? Why does she not open it?

9. In Chapter Nine, where does Leah go with Abby? What does Abby insinuate at the end of the chapter that occupies Leah's mind?

10. In Chapter Twelve, what does Abby ask at lunch? How does she act when she finds out about Garrett and Leah going to prom?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Leah is very close to her mother and tells her everything, but when her mom starts dating Wells she feels unhappy. Similarly, she feels unhappy being left out of Simon and Bram's relationships. How do relationships change other relationships and friendships? Is this true for all or just Leah's perception and response? How do these dynamics shift back, either through changes or realizations, so Leah no longer feels left out, and how is this a part of her growth in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

When Abby speaks of college, she says excitedly that real life is starting (171). What lessons from the novel do you think the characters have learned that will carry over to the real life? How do you think they still need to evolve or grow? Choose three characters to say what you think they will learned and how this will help them.

Essay Topic 3

Goodbyes, endings, and new beginnings of college, adulthood, and life are themes in the novel. Simon says, "'I don't want to leave him or you or Abby or any of you guys.' His voice catches. 'I don't know anyone in Philly. I don't know how people do this'" (239). How do characters in the novel transition from not knowing how to do something to being able to do it? How do they cope with this change, and what allows them to accept the coming change? Choose three characters to write an analysis about what the novel is saying about endings, acceptance, and allowing change to take place.

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