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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 is the name of the road in the forest?

2. What does Connor do in the middle of the game with Lucas in Chapter 5?

3. When Lucas tells Zoe he cannot take her dogs, what does she say to anger him?

4. Who is Roy Painter?

5. Why does Connor say he hopes his father returns?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is his mother's response when Lucas tells her he saved someone's life?

9. What does Lucas discover about Zoe when he shows up one morning and she is not at her cabin?

10. Why is Lucas having trouble deciding about a second date, and how does Zoe help him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In an essay, explain how the author uses the novel's structure to develop one or more of its central themes.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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