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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 has gone missing from Connor's house?

2. What has Zoe avoided in Chapter 7?

3. What do Connor and Lucas play in Connor's back yard in Chapter 5?

4. Why does Lucas's mom not want him to go to the woods?

5. What town does Lucas live in?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Zoe get confused when Lucas asks her about Connor?

2. What argument does Lucas make for why Zoe should not kill herself?

3. What do Lucas and Darren talk about before the date with Libby?

4. What ends the relationship between Lucas and Libby?

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

6. Why is Lucas having trouble reading Roy's letter?

7. Describe Connor's home.

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

9. What happens when Lucas and Connor go to the park?

10. What advice does Zoe give Lucas about picking a movie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In an essay, discuss the differing role mother figures and father figures play in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Many of the novel's characters harm themselves or want to harm themselves in one way or another. In an essay, discuss what point you think the author may be making with these characters?

Essay Topic 3

In an essay, consider what the Vietnam War has to do with one or more of the novel's major themes.

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