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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 is the most recent Tumblr post in Part 2?

2. What is physically wrong with Nate's dad?

3. What is the title of Part 2?

4. What is Maeve doing at the library in Part 2?

5. Who does Nate tell he will be out for a while?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Cooper break up with Keely?

3. What are the police accused of violating regarding Cooper?

4. What baseball strategy backfires for Cooper?

5. How does Cooper escape the gym?

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

7. How is Bronwyn being implicated?

8. Why is Bronwyn interested in Eli?

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

Bronwyn and Nate have a complicated relationship. Explain why the way Bronwyn plays her piano changes when Nate visits. Include the effect Bronwyn's music has on Nate. What is the author foreshadowing about these two characters and why is it important for their growth?

Essay Topic 3

Mr. Avery tells the students in detention to hand write a 500-word essay on how technology is ruining schools. Why might the author have included this interaction and how do the students react to the assignment? What message may the author be sending by having the teacher call longhand a lost art?

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