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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 wrong with Roy's letter?

2. When Lucas falls to his knees in front of Zoe, what does he ask her?

3. After the incident in the park, what does Connor ask Lucas?

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

5. What keeps interrupting Lucas as he reads his brother's letter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Connor's home.

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

3. What ends the relationship between Lucas and Libby?

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Connor react when Lucas tells him about Zoe's past?

10. What does Lucas discover in the graveyard?

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, discuss the writer's choice of the word "Stay" as the title for the book. How does this title relate to one or more of the book's themes?

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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