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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. What does Bronwyn's lawyer hope the ruling will be?

2. What happens to Cooper's grandmother, Nonny, in Part 2?

3. Why does Nate have to leave St. Pius?

4. Approximately how old is Nonny?

5. How long was Nate's mom gone?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nate see that Addy has changed by Part 3?

2. What does Maeve discover when she goes on Simon's admin board?

3. How does Cooper escape the gym?

4. What baseball strategy backfires for Cooper?

5. Who arrives at Nate's door?

6. Why does Addy cut off her hair?

7. What is Bronwyn's Dante's Inferno allusion?

8. How are Nate and Cooper treated differently than Addy and Bronwyn?

9. What does Addy notice about Bronwyn in Part 2?

10. Why does Mikhail use his show to promote the students' innocence?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

This novel has been likened to the movie The Breakfast Club. Compare and contrast the stereotypical teens in each work. What has or has not changed over the last three decades in regards to teenage behavioral and emotional health?

Essay Topic 2

Simon says that his gossip app, All That, is a public service. The things Simon reveals about his classmates are very personal and often hurtful, but they are also true. Why would the author choose to include the fact that Simon is posting the truth? How does this relate to motive?

Essay Topic 3

Simon's death occurs very quickly in the novel. Why is the timing of this plot point significant? What would change if the author wrote the story so that Simon died in the middle of the book?

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