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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. How does Courtney look in the photograph?

2. Who does Hannah blame for the behavior of the guy in the convenience store?

3. Who does Clay remember causing a scene at the Crestmount while on a date?

4. What does Clay wonder about as he mails the package?

5. Where does Clay ask his mother to meet him with the remaining tapes?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Skye?

2. What does Clay remember as he arrives at Hannah's old house, the first stop on the map?

3. How does Clay's chat with the server at Monet's cause him to wonder about himself?

4. Why does Hannah feel that the rest of her 13 reasons were either directly or indirectly related to this list?

5. What happened as a result of Hannah's Valentine matches?

6. Where is Clay going after he leaves the post office?

7. Why does Hannah wish for people to follow a map?

8. Why is Clay reluctant to go to school?

9. What happened between Hannah and Tyler Down?

10. What happened to Hannah at the Blue Spot Liquor store, the second stop on the map?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hannah's tapes:

1) Who is Hannah and why has she created the set of tapes?

2) How does Clay feel about receiving the tapes? How do you know he feels this way?

3) What is so shocking about Hannah's tapes?

4) Why do you think Clay received the tapes? What do you think he may have done to Hannah?

Essay Topic 2

How has Hannah damaged Clay's feelings about himself? Do you think this was her intent when she included him in the tapes? How do you know? Should Clay (or any of the others) feel partially responsible for Hannah's death? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

As Clay goes to Hannah's house, the first stop on her map, he recalls a fatal car accident he witnessed on the same street. A man was talking on the phone when he hit another car. The driver of the other car, a senior in high school, died. Clay realizes that the man lived in Hannah's old house.

Why do you think the author included this memory in the story?

What might this event represent?

How do you think the memory might tie into the story later?

Does this information make you more interested in the story? Less interested?

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