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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. Doug Chappell worked where?

2. What did the envelopes contain?

3. What does Sarah's boyfriend want to do upon graduation?

4. Who did Sarah enlist in the campaign to try to convince her mother to let her go to the concert in L.A?

5. Why do the teens get their pictures taken at semi-formal dances?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what happens the night after the completion of the homecoming float between Rhonda and Steve and what are the consequences?

2. Steve's sophomore year Doug and Steve formed a new group after they are done with Skate or Die. What was the second club and what did it mean?

3. What caused Steve York to end up in the senior counselor's office?

4. The day before the homecoming dance, what does Steve do to prepare?

5. Describe the scene where Steve first sees Mr. Demouy as a man rather than just a teacher.

6. Why does Steve goes to visit his mother at her workplace his senior year?

7. Describe two members of the GOD club.

8. After the completion of the float for the parade, how did the club members celebrate?

9. Steve had an elaborate plan for homecoming night, so his father wouldn't find out about the dance and his date. What was it?

10. What are the doubts that Steve begins having about going with Dub to the dance?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Divorced families are becoming more common. In what ways is Steve's family typical for a divorced family? In what ways are they atypical?

Essay Topic 2

Compare Steve to his father.

Part 1) Are the similarities between Steve and his father realistic?

Part 2) Is there anything shown to the reader that shows how much they are alike earlier in the story?

Essay Topic 3

Steve realizes he doesn't want to be one of the stoners any longer while at the wake for Kurt Cobain.

What is significant about this realization? What does it mean for the main character? How would the story have been different without this realization?

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