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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 Lucas's mother tell him about Zoe that he did not know?

2. Where do Lucas and Roy go the night of the funeral in Chapter 19?

3. What does Lucas discover in Chapter 16 while Connor is in the bathroom?

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

5. What does Connor say he will tell his mother about the pillow case?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Zoe say at the meeting?

3. Why does Roy come home from Vietnam?

4. 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?

5. How does Roy know Zoe?

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

7. When Lucas drops the gun into the river, he tells the river, "You owe me one." What does he mean?

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

9. What story does Joe tell at the NA meeting?

10. What is Lucas's mother doing when they get home from NA and why is it significant?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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?

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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