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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 one of the ways that Suzy gets more cash for her trip?

2. What does Dylan throw into a tree that greatly disturbs Suzy in the chapter titled How to Lose a Friend?

3. What does Franny know about airline rules?

4. In the chapter titled Goodbye, Ming Palace, what does Suzy's father ask her to do sometime?

5. In the chapter titled How to Know Things Have Changed, what does Franny do when Suzy sits back at their old lunch table alone?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Suzy horrified to see Dylan Parker do on their camping field trip, and how do the other girls respond to his action?

2. In the chapter titled How to Know Things Have Changed, when does Suzy finally realize her friendship with Franny is basically over?

3. In the chapter titled How to Not Forget, what does Suzy resolve to do to Franny following the class field trip?

4. Who is Bridget Brown and why is Suzy interested in her?

5. In the chapter titled Deadline, what is the event Suzy is determined to be headed to Australia by or before?

6. In the chapter titled Instant Calm, why does Sarah Johnston seem to decide not to join Suzy and Justin in Mrs. Turton's room at lunch?

7. In the chapter titled What I Don't Want to Talk About, why does Suzy feel that everyone at Franny's funeral had "given up"?

8. In the chapter titled Two Days' Silence, what is Franny waiting anxiously for?

9. Why is Suzy so upset after presenting her science report to the class in the chapter titled Imagine A Creature?

10. Why does Suzy decide to start going to Mrs. Turton's room for lunch in the chapter titled Pollination?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring the relationship between Suzy, her brother Aaron, and Aaron's partner, Rocco. What kind of an influence are Aaron and Rocco in Suzy's tumultuous life?

Essay Topic 2

How does the promise Suzy makes to Franny in the chapter titled How to Make a Promise affect what turns out to be the end of their friendship? Write an essay explaining the significance of Suzy's and Franny's conversation in this chapter to the rest of the novel's plot.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay comparing and contrasting the grieving process Suzy goes through that marks the end of her and Franny's friendship and the grieving process Suzy goes through after Franny's death. What other emotions does Suzy experience as a part of both of these processes?

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