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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. Who went on stage at the talent show before GOD?

2. Who else will be going to the Pearl Jam concert with Sarah?

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

4. Who did Steve call when he got settled at college?

5. What was the most embarrassing thing about the awards banquet to Steve?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe Steve's reaction to Jacqueline.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part 1) Why is Steve seemingly unable to see the similarities between him and his father?

Part 2) Why is Sarah able to see them so easily?

Part 3) Speculate on whether Steve becomes more or less like his father and why.

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

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.

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