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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. In Chapter 13, who is the first person who comes to visit Roy?

2. Why is Connor angry when Lucas arrives in Chapter 11?

3. Where does Lucas go to get rid of the backpack in Chapter 16?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is Lucas not there when Darren talks to Roy?

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

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

6. What does Darren tell Lucas about Roy?

7. What does Zoe say at the meeting?

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

9. Describe Lucas's relationship with Harris.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Choose one passage from Part I and one from Part II. Then write an essay in which you compare and contrast the tones of these two passages, looking specifically at elements such as diction, imagery, details, language, and syntax.

Essay Topic 3

In an essay, explain how the author uses the novel's structure to develop one or more of its central themes.

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