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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. How long has Morgan been watching Elijah in Chapter 11?

2. What sign does Miller Adams have when Clara stops in Chapter 2?

3. In Chapter 12, what does Clara hear when she goes to Jonah's house?

4. In Chapter 2, how did Miller's grandmother die?

5. In Chapter 4, how long does Lexie wake up before Clara comes to pick her up?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Clara say happened in Chapter 2 when she and Miller Adams were assigned adjacent lockers?

3. Where is Chris's car found in Chapter 7, and what do Jonah and Morgan learn?

4. What wakes Morgan in Chapter 9, and how does she deal with it?

5. In Chapter 4, what does Clara decide to do about signing up for the project?

6. Why does Jonah bring Elijah to Morgan in Chapter 9?

7. In Chapter 8, why does Miller work at the theater?

8. In Chapter 11, what does Morgan realize about the situation with Elijah?

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

10. In Chapter 6, how does Clara feel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analogies are used to compare an unfamiliar object or idea to a familiar one in an attempt to explain the unfamiliar. How does the author use analogies in the book? How do analogies help readers understand unfamiliar ideas or understand events or characters?

Essay Topic 2

Clara reacts very immaturely to some of the events after the accident. How does Clara mature and grow in the novel? Why is her mother proud of her and the woman she is becoming at the end of the book?

Essay Topic 3

Jenny and Morgan never had curfews or restrictions on who they were with or where they went as teenagers. Why did Jenny and Morgan never have curfews or restrictions? Why did their mother never get active in their lives as a parent? How did this affect them?

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