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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. Where do Jake and Eliza meet for the first time in a long time?

2. What does Chloe bet Amma and Brittany in "Before"?

3. What does Lux say she did to get revenge for her father's bad treatment of her and her mom?

4. In Chapter Eighteen, who does Lux worry is moving in on Nico?

5. How long does Eliza say she has known Jake?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the end of Chapter Nineteen, what does Lux see that breaks her heart?

2. In Chapter Fourteen, what does Eliza show just Lux?

3. In Chapter Fifteen, what does everyone on the island think of Robbie?

4. What does Amma tell Lux in Chapter Eighteen about how she and Brittany really met?

5. In Chapter Twenty-One, why does the group have to stay longer on Meroe Island?

6. How does Eliza first meet Jake?

7. In Chapter Thirteen, what does Brittany do with Lux that makes her feel like a kid again?

8. In Chapter Sixteen, what does Jake show Lux that unsettles her?

9. How does Amma start to feel about Chloe when she and Brittany meet Chloe on their travels?

10. In Chapter Eighteen, what happens when Lux and Nico are about to have sex on the boat?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay describing the tone and language Hawkins uses throughout this novel.

Essay Topic 2

What is behind Lux's desire to travel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What relationship does Hawkins draw, through Eliza's character, between money and morality? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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