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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 Sarah Byrnes consider is too mean for even her father to do?

2. As Brittain begins to lose it in the CAT class on the last day of their abortion discussion, what does Brittain call Ellerby?

3. After Mr. Mautz leaves the CAT class, who feels responsible for Brittain's suicide attempt?

4. The day the students are told that Brittain attempted suicide, who comes to Moby's house for dinner?

5. What does Moby sneak into Sarah Byrnes' hospital room?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ms. Lemry respond when Mark Brittain insists that everything is about Christianity?

2. Why is Sarah Byrnes trying to find her mother?

3. What does the surprise visitor to Moby's hospital room ask Moby to do?

4. What is the biggest danger if Sarah Byrnes testifies unsuccessfully against her father?

5. When Moby asks the person he finds folding towels their opinion about Moby's dating Jody Mueller, what response does Moby get?

6. As Brittain begins to lose it in the CAT class on the last day of their abortion discussion, what does Brittain tell Sarah Byrnes?

7. When Moby and Sarah Byrnes go for a walk, they are watched by her father. How do they communicate since Sarah Byrnes can't be seen talking?

8. As Moby retreats to his bedroom to do some thinking about Sarah Byrnes and Jody Mueller, why does Moby admit that he's scared to death to start anything up with Jody?

9. According to what Jody tells the class, why did Mark insist that Jody abort their child?

10. As Moby recovers in his hospital room, why is Moby terribly nervous for Sarah Byrnes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In many ways, the novel is a series of contrasts designed to heighten the reader's awareness and draw the reader deeper into the story and the intricacies of each of the story's characters. Identify at least three contrasts that are used in the novel. Describe these contrasts and determine how they impact the story's plot, as well as the reader's emotional involvement in the characters' lives. If these identified contrasts were not included in the story, what impact would their absence have on the storyline, the characters' development and the readers' involvement?

Essay Topic 2

The author uses several different literary techniques as the story is told in regard to the story's flow. Describe the techniques of both flashbacks and foreshadowing. How are each of these techniques used in the story? Give specific examples of each technique. Why might the author have chosen to use both of these techniques in the story? Was the story enhanced by the use of these two techniques? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Dale Thornton and Sarah Byrnes can be seen as kindred spirits - owing to the similarities in their early childhood experiences. Although they are not quite the same, they share a number of similarities. Identify and describe these similarities. Then, based on your discussion of their similarities, identify the ways in which these two characters' similarities facilitate the plot's development and move the story forward.

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