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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 emotion did Steve describe when Dub went partying with her sister?

2. What did Steve spend most of his cinema earnings on over the Christmas holiday?

3. In the yearbook picture, what did the GOD members' freehand sign language spell?

4. With his new promotion, what is Steve's new title?

5. During Steve and Sarah's argument, what did Sarah do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in Houston Sophomore Year (pp 127-131) when Steve returns home after Christmas break?

2. During his junior year, Steve won what award and who went with him to get it?

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

4. Describe what college Steve wants to get accepted to the most and why?

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

6. After the breakup with Dub, what happened to Steve?

7. At Steve's graduation who from his family attended?

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

9. Describe the GOD meeting in Houston, Sophomore Year (pp. 112-113).

10. When Steve turns in the last of his essay what do he and Mr. DeMouy talk about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Part 1) What did Mr. Waters mean when he told Steve that you cannot write about love until you have had your heart broken?

Part 2) Was it possible that Mr. Waters was contemplating a relationship with Dub at that point?

Part 3) Why did Mr. Waters give Steve a copy of the school yearbook as a gift?

Essay Topic 3

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

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