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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 did Tony want to know when he first received the tapes?

2. What does he tell his mother he is doing?

3. What does Hannah do just before the recorder clicks off?

4. What does Tony want Clay to do right away?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Clay feel about lying to his mother?

2. If Clay enjoyed spending time with Hannah, and wanted to date her, why didn't he?

3. Why does Clay believe people won't say sorry to Hannah even after she is dead?

4. What are two signs of suicide that Hannah has displayed up to this point?

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

6. What did Zach do to betray Hannah's trust?

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

8. How does Hannah's conversation with the guidance counselor, Mr. Porter, turn out?

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

10. Why did Hannah like poetry?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What happened to Jessica during the Cottonwood house party? What was Hannah's role in the event? What was Justin's role? How does the fact that Jessica was drunk contribute to what happened? Why do you think Justin didn't do anything to stop Bryce? Why would he allow Jessica to be harmed? Why didn't Hannah do anything to help Jessica? How might Hannah's failure to help Jessica have pushed Hannah over the edge?

Essay Topic 2

At the beginning of the book Clay expresses his feeling that the next person on the list, Jenny, doesn't deserve "one final day of peace." What has Jenny done that is so bad? What are her interactions with Hannah? Do you feel these interactions are the source of Clay's anger? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Clay finds a picture of Hannah and Courtney in the Scribble Book at Monet's, later he realizes that Tyler is the person who put the picture in the book.

1) Who took the picture of the girls?

2) Why was it taken?

3) What was the significance of the picture to Hannah? What did it represent to her?

4) Why might Tyler have put the picture in the book? Does it indicate how he felt after listening to the tapes?

5) Do you think Tyler was changed by Hannah's death and tapes? Why or why not?

Use the text to support your answers.

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