1. 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?

2. A month before graduation Steve calls his father for what reason?

3. What does Steve find when he returns home from his mother's during Christmas vacation?

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

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

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

7. Allison and Steve start seeing more of each other their senior year, yet Steve doesn't acknowledge her in certain places--where and why?

8. What are the Christmas presents Mr. Waters gives the class?

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

10. What has Allison and Steve's relationship evolved into at the end of the story?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

It is Steve's drug use that begins the story and sends him on his journey of writing out the events that happened.

Part 1) What other major role do drugs have in the story?

Part 2) What role do the drugs seem to play? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on one of the following subjects:

Part 1) The inner turmoil that teenagers feel and the emotional and or physical release that drugs provide.

Part 2) A teenager's need to feel accepted.

Part 3) The importance that music has on young adults.

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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