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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 did they have on the beach that night?

2. Who did Steve meet before Allison left for college?

3. Why does Steve resent his father so much?

4. How did Steve and Allison plan on keeping their relationship going when they leave for college?

5. What did the astronaut have to say when he got home?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did GOD club do for the talent show and what was the outcome?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What icon died and what decision did it push Steve into making?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Steve loses interest in school for a period of time.

Part 1) Is there any one thing that can be identified as what causes Steve to regain his interest in school? Explain.

Part 2) Is it easy to identify with Steve's lack of interest in school or suddenly realizing it is something he needs? Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Describe Steve's personality and the many changes that he goes through. How does Steve change from the beginning of the story until the end of the story? Why does he change in the way that he does?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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