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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 Roy say he wishes Lucas had written about in his letters?

2. When Connor returns home from the woods, in Chapter 16, who has been calling him?

3. How does Lucas actually get rid of the backpack in Chapter 16?

4. How old was Zoe when she died?

5. In Chapter 15, why does Connor come by to see Lucas the morning after the NA meeting?

Short Essay Questions

1. What mistake does Lucas make twice with Roy?

2. According to Connor, why is it helpful to talk with Zoe?

3. Why is Lucas not there when Darren talks to Roy?

4. What is Lucas's reaction to seeing Roy again?

5. How does Lucas learn about the gun?

6. Describe Lucas's relationship with Harris.

7. What did Lucas know and not know about Zoe?

8. What big idea does Lucas have when he cannot sleep?

9. How was it that Zoe came to attempt suicide?

10. What advice does Zoe give Lucas when he says he has got too many people to save?

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, discuss what role or roles that nature plays in this book.

Essay Topic 3

In an essay, discuss what role the setting -- either the time or place or both -- plays in developing the novel's main ideas.

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