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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 Alex do soon after awakening in Chapter 2?

2. In which group is Brittany categorized at school?

3. Why does Alex take a boy's car?

4. What does Brittany say to Alex before she zooms out of the library parking lot?

5. Where did Brittany go instead of meeting Alex at the library?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information about their personal pain do Brittany and Alex admit to each other at the abandoned airport?

2. Why does Alex join a gang and sacrifice any chances of going to college?

3. Why is Brittany initially resistant to Alex's flirtations?

4. What bet does Alex make with his friends regarding Brittany?

5. Where does Brittany spend the night when she is drunk and why do she and Alex fight the next morning?

6. What halts a confrontation between Brittany and Carmen?

7. What does Brittany's mother's treatment of Alex indicate about how different his life is from Brittany's?

8. What unusual technique does the author use regarding point of view in this book?

9. Why are Alex, Brittany and Colin forced to go to the principal's office after Chemistry class?

10. What is the initial conflict in the story of Alex and Brittany?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Create a character study of Colin. What are his physical characteristics? What are his motivations? What are his fears? What are his dreams? What else can you say about Colin?

Essay Topic 2

Create a character study of Brittany's mother. What are her physical characteristics? What are her motivations? What are her fears? What are her dreams? What else can you say about Brittany's mother?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the role of demographics in the makeup of gangs. What is the racial demographic? What is the age demographic? Why are youths in poverty-level households more susceptible to gang influence?

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