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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. The morning after Lucas's second date with Libby, what is his mother angry about?

2. What does Roy ask for in return for his promise to Lucas in Chapter 14?

3. Who trips over Lucas in the dark outside of the NA meeting?

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

5. How many years have passed since the summer of 1969?

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 is Connor upset with Lucas after the picnic?

4. How exactly does Connor explain to Lucas that he is no longer suicidal?

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

6. How did Zoe protect Roy from the town, and what is significant about it?

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

8. What does Darren tell Lucas about Roy?

9. How does Roy know Zoe?

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, discuss how the novel deals with suicide and what the author seems to be saying about the subject.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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