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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. When Lucas finally looks in the cabin's window for the first time, what does he see?

2. What does Lucas suggest he and the person he meets at the cabin in Chapter 3 use for measuring the door?

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

4. What is the name of the town's ice cream shop?

5. What is Connor doing when Lucas next visits in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lucas discover about Zoe's past?

2. How does Lucas manage to save Zoe Dinsmore's life?

3. According to Zoe, why does Lucas worry so much about what other people think?

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

5. What do Lucas and Libby talk about after the movie?

6. What does Mrs. Barnes ask Lucas about when she shows up at his house?

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

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

9. How does Lucas wind up with a spot on the track team?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lucas describes this summer from 1969 as being like a fulcrum or a teeter-totter, with the weight constantly shifting on the fulcrum from one side to the other. Write an essay in which you explain what he means by this.

Essay Topic 2

In an essay, explain the importance of Lucas's relationship with Libby to the development of one or more of the novel's main ideas.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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