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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 Leah going to college?

2. In Chapter Twelve, how does Abby seem when she finds out Garrett and Leah are going to prom together?

3. In Chapter Fourteen, where does Simon get into?

4. In Chapter Ten, what does Abby propose to Leah?

5. In Chapter Two, where do the gang go?

Short Essay Questions

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

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 Four, what does Leah sense about Garret? How does she feel about this?

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

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

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

8. In Chapter Thirteen, what does Garrett apologize for? How does Leah feel?

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

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

Love, and how love changes and transforms is a central part of the novel; Love can include self-love, romantic love, friend love, and familial love. Compare Leah at the beginning of the novel to the end of the novel. What forms of love does she receive that allow her to change? How is love, for Simon, for Abby, for herself, a part of this transformation? How does she learn to accept love, and give love in return?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

At the end of the novel, Leah says, "This is not my perfect prom night, and it's not the happy ending I pictured. It's not an ending at all. But it's mine" (336). By what she says, and what happens in the novel, what does it mean to have a happy ending or a perfect night? How does the vision, such as Leah's mom discussed earlier, connect to reality? Think about the ending of the novel, and discuss how this ending, if not fully happy, is entirely Leah's, and how this could be better than happiness.

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