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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 Two, where is Abby going to school?

2. In Chapter Five, what does Anna tell Leah?

3. In Chapter Eight, what dress does Leah wear?

4. In Chapter One, where does Leah go after school?

5. In Chapter Six, where does Garret ask Leah to go with him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter Three, how does Leah feel hanging out with Bram? What does she show him?

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

4. In Chapter Thirteen, what does Leah's mom ask her when she gets upset? What does she wants Leah to do?

5. In Chapter Eleven, what does Leah do with Simon? What happens when they arrive at school?

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

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

8. In Chapter Fourteen, where does Leah find in Abby's phone? How had Abby got this?

9. In Chapter Fourteen, what does Abby turn down from Leah? What does she ask for instead?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Leah throughout the novel has a special feeling towards Abby, but it takes her some time to embrace it. Similarly Abby likes Leah for a long time, but takes some time to come into accepting this. How does the novel reveal this slowly and structurally to let this romance develop? How do flashbacks, and reminders of memories throughout slowly build the romance? What allows both of these characters to face the truth, and how do they decide to push past any obstacles in their way?

Essay Topic 2

Abby tells Leah that she is talented, and that Abby has been afraid of Leah, and worried of how she seems to her. Discuss Leah's perception of self, versus outside of her. Which one do you think is more accurate? What are Leah's blind spots that she does not see about herself, and why does she not see them? What is the novel saying about what we see in ourselves, versus what we see in others?

Essay Topic 3

Money is an issue for Leah throughout the novel. Finally when she comes to Chapter Twenty Nine, she learns that Wells grew up poor and had issues accepting gifts. How did her previous self-consciousness with money have to do with her mom, and how did it set her apart differently from her friends? How does learning this from Wells allow Leah to make peace with herself and money? How do you think Leah will be from now on?

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