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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 do the boys agree to do on graduation?

2. How do the boys feel as they leave the mini-mall?

3. Where does Q think Margo might be waiting for him?

4. Why does Q go to Collier Farms?

5. About what does Q think Whitman was too optimistic?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Q and Lacey talk about in the bathroom?

2. To whom does Q ask about the Walt Whitman poem, "Song of Myself" and what does he learn from the person?

3. How does Q vacillate about his search for Margo, but what does he do instead of the prom concerning her?

4. What changes does Q find in the mini mall?

5. What does Q realize when he re-reads the Whitman poem?

6. What does Q decide after seeing the changes at the mini mall?

7. What do Q's parents say about humans mirroring each other?

8. What roles do Radar and Lacey assume for the trip to New York?

9. What are Ben and Radar's theories about Margo and how does Q feel when he hears them?

10. How does Q finally figure out where Margo is?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Margo hates everything normal about herself and feels no one around her is authentic. She seems to be a person fully alienated and critical of her society and her social group. She does not fit into any of the social groups even though she is admired by her peers.

1. What do you think a student should do if she/he doesn't fit into the crowd at school? Use examples from Paper Towns and your life to support your answer.

2. What do you think makes a student stick out from others? Use examples from Paper Towns and your life to support your answer.

3. Why do you think Margo feels different from her peers? Use examples from Paper Towns and your life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

1. What is foreshadowing? How many incidences of foreshadowing are in Paper Towns? How does foreshadowing contribute to a book's suspense?

2. Discuss an example of foreshadowing in Paper Towns including why you believe it is foreshadowing. Include examples from the book and your own life to illustrate your answer.

3. How do you think most people react to uncertainty in their lives? Use examples from Paper Towns and your own live to support your opinion.

Essay Topic 3

Many people were running from their problems, such as jobs they hated, marriages which were bad or escaping from relatives they did not like, by leaving for the gold fields. Many realized very quickly that no matter how far they ran their character flaws were always there. Margo has run from her problems but then finds she must face the central cause of his problems, herself.

1. Running from problems by going somewhere else is called a "geographic cure." Discuss what do you think this means.

2. Do you believe taking the geographic cure is a good idea or a bad idea? Why or why not? Could it be different depending on the circumstance? How did running help Margo? How did it harm her?

3. Discuss two situations that might respond well to a geographic cure and two that wouldn't be helped with on. Does Margo's determination to leave home seem like a geographic cure? Why or why not?

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