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

2. Why does Lucas never leave Ashby?

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

4. When Lucas tells Roy about his summer, in Chapter 15, what does he leave out?

5. What is Connor's wife's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Roy come home from Vietnam?

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

3. What does Zoe say at the meeting?

4. Why does Roy ask Lucas to join the track team?

5. What does Darren tell Lucas about Roy?

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

7. How does Roy know Zoe?

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

9. What became of Zoe and her cabin?

10. How does Lucas learn about the gun?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In an essay, consider what the Vietnam War has to do with one or more of the novel's major themes.

Essay Topic 2

In an essay, think about what this novel has to say about responsibility, guilt, and the difficulty of accepting help from others.

Essay Topic 3

In an essay, discuss what the writer seems to be saying about the importance of storytelling. Be sure to consider at least two different examples of "story" in relation to the novel.

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