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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. Why did Steve lose his job?

2. What did Steve do during the wedding?

3. Why does Steve resent his father so much?

4. After the wedding where did the wedding party go to eat?

5. How did Allison afford college?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Bill and Holly say when asked how they are going to make their relationship work while they are at different colleges?

2. What is it that Steve discovers at the senior assembly after Mr. DeMouy talks?

3. What does Steve's mother agree to and what stipulations does she put on it?

4. Describe the first assignment in Mr. Waters' Creative Writing class.

5. What was Mr. Waters' first official duty to perform after signing their charter?

6. What does Steve tell Dub about the relationship between him and his father?

7. As a show of pride for his father, what does Steve do first when he arrives in Yakima?

8. What do Steve and Allison share with each other while on the trip to the Pearl Jam concert?

9. As he waited in line to walk across the stage to get his diploma what thoughts go through Steve's mind?

10. Since beginning the essay for Mr.DeMouy, Steve has only used drugs once. What happened to cause Steve to resort back to getting high to deal with his emotions the second time?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Given what is seen in the book, did Steve and his father truly connect and forgive each other? Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

The author makes the story seem very realistic.

Part 1) In what ways is the story realistic?

Part 2) In what ways is the story not realistic?

Part 3) Does it make a story better to have it all be realistic? Explain.

(see the answer keys)

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