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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. In Chapter 12, what does Clara see on the floor at Jonah's house?

2. How many years are there between Chapter 1 and Chapter 2?

3. What songs does Clara remember her father singing when he mowed the lawn?

4. In Chapter 8, what time did Clara indicate in a note that she would be home?

5. How many times does Morgan say in Chapter 9 that she has forgotten that Jenny or Chris are dead and started to call them?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 13, how does Morgan feel about what Chris and Jenny did to Jonah, and what does she decide about the issue?

2. Who is Shelby Phillips?

3. In Chapter 6, how does Clara feel?

4. Why does Miller move the city limits sign?

5. What does Clara say to Jonah about Elijah in Chapter 12?

6. What does Lexie look like when Clara picks her up for school in Chapter 4?

7. In Chapter 1, what does Chris say is his favorite thing about Morgan?

8. How does Morgan describe her parents in Chapter 1?

9. Why does it bother Morgan that Clara wants to go to college and study acting?

10. What do Morgan and Jonah learn when they get to the emergency room in Chapter 5?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Clara learn that her mother was the one who gave her advice through her aunt? What are Morgan’s motives for telling Clara that information? How does that information cause a rift in Morgan and Clara’s relationship?

Essay Topic 2

What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people? How does having dual narrators affect what readers know?

Essay Topic 3

How does the author use backstories in the book to provide readers with background information about characters?

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