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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 many letters does Zoe write to Lucas while Lucas is in jail?

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

3. Why does Roy say they loved Zoe so much even though she was scary?

4. How does Mrs. Barnes surprise Lucas when he arrives to see Connor in Chapter 16?

5. What is Lucas's big idea in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Roy know Zoe?

2. Why is Lucas's mother so angry with him the day after the date?

3. What became of Zoe and her cabin?

4. What big idea does Lucas have when he cannot sleep?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In an essay, discuss the differing role mother figures and father figures play in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

In an essay, discuss the writer's choice of the word "Stay" as the title for the book. How does this title relate to one or more of the book's themes?

Essay Topic 3

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

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