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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 Fourteen, what does Abby tell Leah to make or bring for their roadtrip?

2. In Chapter Nine, whose party do the friends go to?

3. In Chapter Fourteen, what does Abby still have on her phone?

4. In Chapter Four, what does Leah end up wearing?

5. In Chapter Two, how does Leah think of Taylor?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Where does Leah go after school in Chapter One? Who can she not take her eyes off of there?

7. In Chapter Eleven, what does Simon tell Leah about lying to Garrett? What does he suggest?

8. In Chapter Four, what does Leah sense about Garret? How does she feel about this?

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

10. In Chapter Ten, who does Leah talk with at band practice? What do they talk about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the beginning of the novel, Leah is nervous about the ending of high school, and feels like she can not cope. By the end, she tells Simon she misses him already (305). How does her response to Simon in the end show a change of heart? How does Leah's decision have to do with what has happened in the novel? What has changed her for the better and made it possible for her to accept endings, and what is the novel showing by this about what makes us resilient for change?

Essay Topic 2

Friendship, friend groups, and friends together, make up the core of the novel. Look at the friendships represented in the novel, why those friendships exist, and what different supports those friendships provide. Choose at least four friend dynamics to discuss. Finally, what is the novel showing about the importance of friendship? How does friendship allow growth and support through difficult times? How do friends hold one another up for the betterment of everyone?

Essay Topic 3

Abby finally comes out to Leah partway through the novel, and Leah finally comes out to Simon and her friends at the end. What has stopped these characters from coming out before? Is sexuality as straightforward as straight, gay, or bi? What causes confusion? Discuss their journey, and use this for an argument of how coming out is a high personal and individual journey. How does the novel show the process of coming into ones sexuality, and embracing it as an individual and complicated process?

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