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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 does Lucas finally go to get his answer about Zoe in Chapter 4?

2. Why is Connor angry with Lucas in Chapter 9?

3. What does Lucas say Zoe is built like?

4. What does Lucas do for the person in the hospital?

5. Where has Lucas decided to take Libby for their second date?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lucas discover in the graveyard?

2. How does Zoe respond to Lucas worrying about her?

3. During his second visit with Zoe, Lucas notes that now he knew how Connor felt. What does he mean?

4. How does Zoe's daughter seem to feel about her?

5. Describe Connor's home.

6. Why is Connor upset when Lucas finds him sunning in his backyard?

7. What is Zoe's explanation for why people cannot forgive her?

8. What ends the relationship between Lucas and Libby?

9. What prevents Lucas from asking Libby to go on a picnic with him?

10. What happens to Lucas on his first walk in the woods?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss in an essay what the novel argues about the importance of second chances.

Essay Topic 2

In an essay, discuss what role the setting -- either the time or place or both -- plays in developing the novel's main ideas.

Essay Topic 3

Most of the novel is set in the summer of 1969, but the final chapter takes place 50 years later. In an essay, consider how this affects the novel's central messages.

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