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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 is the name of Rufus's girlfriend?

2. In Chapter 26, when does Rufus say that his father had an accident at the factory?

3. Why does Zoe say the bus is late in Chapter 26?

4. Who does Zoe go to Oxford with in Chapter 22?

5. In Chapter 26, how old is Zoe?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Benjamin and Matthew fight in the gym?

2. What does Zoe tell Matthew in Chapter 23?

3. What does Duncan learn in Chapter 32?

4. Why does Rufus say that he and Zoe should not have sex in Chapter 26?

5. Who is the American that Zoe keeps searching out?

6. Why does Duncan use acrylics when he paints?

7. Why does Gordon come to the Langs' in Chapter 29, and what does he do?

8. What does Matthew do and feel when he sees Rachel in Chapter 28?

9. In Chapter 24, what do Duncan and Karel talk about?

10. How did Sylvie become interested in Karel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Duncan wants to find his birth mother. Why does Duncan want to find his birth mother? How does his desire to search affect his adoptive family? What do they fear?

Essay Topic 2

Conflicts between characters are often caused by a problem. What are some conflicts that occur in the novel? Are the conflicts in the book mostly man vs. man, man vs. nature, or man vs. self? Are they internal or external conflicts?

Essay Topic 3

Zoe starts going to Oxford frequently. How does Zoe put herself in danger when she starts going to Oxford? How and why does she put herself in vulnerable situations?

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