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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 happened to Aiden Wu?

2. How does Addy know Vanessa put graffiti on her locker?

3. What is wrong with TJ?

4. Who does Addy say is the only person who looks worse than her in Part 2?

5. Who is Robin Stafford?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Cooper escape the gym?

2. What show are the students featured on?

3. Why does Cooper break up with Keely?

4. What is revealed about Maeve?

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

6. Why is Bronwyn interested in Eli?

7. Why does Bronwyn return to the police station?

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

9. Why does Addy want to be funny?

10. Why does Addy cut off her hair?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Simon is only close with his friend Janae. Without having a large network of friends how do you suppose Simon gets all the secret information he uses for his app? What does this say about Simon?

Essay Topic 2

Each of the students knows their hidden secret that is on Simon's About That app, except for Cooper. How does the author use foreshadowing to make the reader guess about Cooper's other potential secrets? Is this an effective strategy or a wild goose chase? Explain why the author uses this technique and how it relates to mystery.

Essay Topic 3

Each of the interrogation experiences differ for the four students. Why does the author go into detail about the process? How does this information support the novel's theme of discrimination? Who comforts each of the students after they are interrogated?

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