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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. Where does Lucas make his discovery in Connor's room in Chapter 16?

2. What is Lucas's mother doing when Lucas and Roy return from the NA meeting in Chapter 15?

3. Where does Connor's kitten like to hide?

4. What color is Connor's new kitten?

5. What does Darren say when Lucas asks if he is upset about Libby in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Roy come home from Vietnam?

4. How did Lucas avoid Vietnam and why?

5. How does Roy's first NA meeting go?

6. What does Joe's story reveal about the differences between previous American wars and Vietnam?

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

8. How does Lucas's mother react when he tells her he is taking Roy to an NA meeting, and what does her reaction reveal about her?

9. How does Roy react to Joe's offer to help?

10. What became of Zoe and her cabin?

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

Write an essay in which you consider this novel as an example of a coming-of-age story. What challenges does Lucas face, what lessons does he learn, and how does he grow and mature from beginning to end?

Essay Topic 3

Using Part I and Part II of the novel as evidence, write an essay in which you consider what the author seems to be saying about parents in the late 1960s.

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