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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 Darren say when Lucas asks if he is upset about Libby in Chapter 13?

2. What does Roy say he wishes Lucas had written about in his letters?

3. What message did Zoe once ask Roy to take to the family of one of the dead children?

4. What is the last thing Lucas says?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What became of Zoe and her cabin?

3. How does Lucas learn about the gun?

4. What does Zoe say at the meeting?

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

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

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

8. How does Roy know Zoe?

9. 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?

10. Why is Connor upset with Lucas after the picnic?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Most of the novel is set in the summer of 1969, but the final chapter takes place 50 years later. In an essay, consider how this affects the novel's central messages.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss in an essay what the novel argues about the importance of second chances.

Essay Topic 3

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

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