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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 Clay remember of the last time he saw Hannah?

2. How does Clay feel about Hannah as the tape plays on?

3. Who interrupts Clay as he is listening to the tapes at Rosie's?

4. Where is Hannah when Justin and Jessica come into the bedroom?

5. Besides Hannah, who else could have helped Jessica?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened in Hannah's poetry class that reinforced her belief that people always betrayed her?

2. What happened to Jessica at the Cottonwood party?

3. What does Tony mean when he tells Clay, "I'm trying to keep us on the road"?

4. Who does Clay see walking down the hall at school?

5. Where did Hannah go the night she was house sitting for her father's friend?

6. How does listening to Hannah's tapes make Clay feel about their relationship?

7. Why is it ironic that Hannah asks the listener not to give up on her at the beginning of Cassette 6, Side B?

8. What does Clay think about as he goes to his locker?

9. Why was Tony waiting for Clay outside of Rosie's diner?

10. Why does Skye remind Clay of Hannah?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Clay arrives at Tyler Down's house he finds Marcus Cooley already there. Marcus is upset with the way Tyler took advantage of Courtney and Hannah when he was a Peeping Tom. What is ironic about Marcus being upset by Tyler's behavior? How has Marcus's own behavior toward Hannah been? Do you think Marcus is really angry at Tyler, or is he angry at himself? Why do you feel the way you do?

Use examples from the text to support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Foreshadowing is used heavily in the novel. Why might the author use this particular technique? How does it affect you as the reader? Did it cause you to read faster? More slowly? Did it keep you interested? Did it cause you to lose interest? Explain why you feel the ways you do.

Essay Topic 3

Clay's friend Tony has been a part of the story from the very beginning. However, it is not until Part 6 that the reader becomes aware of Tony's role in the Hannah's tapes.

1) Who is Tony?

2) How did he know Hannah?

3) Why do you think Hannah trusted him with the tapes and not Clay?

4) Why do you think Tony is taking his job so seriously?

Use the text to support your answers.

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