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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 does Zoe tell Lucas he can do about Connor?

2. When Lucas finds no one home at Zoe's in Chapter 7, where does he eventually find her and the dogs?

3. Who is in the hospital?

4. What movie does Lucas take Libby to see?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Libby have to say about Connor?

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

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

5. What does Lucas discover in the graveyard?

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

7. What does Lucas say in the letter he writes to Roy?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In an essay consider how the novel defines addiction and what the author seems to be saying about it.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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.

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