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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why doesn't Chris attend Emily's funeral?
(a) He didn't know about the funeral.
(b) The doctors won't let him.
(c) He is in a coma.
(d) He doesn't want to.

2. How do Chris and Emily communicate while they are grounded?
(a) Instant messages.
(b) E-mail.
(c) Morse code through flashlights.
(d) Phone.

3. How does Melanie meet Gus?
(a) Gus helps her unpack when she moves in next door.
(b) Melanie knocks on Gus's door for help.
(c) At the supermarket.
(d) Registering her daughter for school.

4. What does Chris do when he is single?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Dates another girl.
(c) Stalks Emily.
(d) Begs Emily to take him back.

5. What happens in mid-November 1997?
(a) Gus gets calls asking for Emily.
(b) Christopher gets calls asking for Emily.
(c) James gets calls asking for Emily.
(d) Melanie gets calls asking for Emily.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Chris react upon killing a rabbit?

2. What does Melanie insist that Michael do the morning after Chris is arrested?

3. How does Melanie go to sleep the night of Emily's death?

4. What book does Chris steal from the library in a flashback?

5. What kind of job does Gus have the night of the dinner in 1997?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Emily and Chris' relationship begin?

2. How do the Golds and Hartes contrast?

3. Why is it important for the reader to see the beginning of Gus and Melanie's friendship?

4. How do Emily and Chris' needs contrast?

5. How does Melanie react to Chris' arrest?

6. What does Chris admit to bringing on his date with Emily?

7. What is interesting about Gus at first being upset at James for killing the dog?

8. What happens when Emily dares Chris to kiss her?

9. What does the path of the bullet in Emily's head suggest?

10. What does the euthanasia of the dog represent?

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