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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 Clay anxious about?

2. Who approached Hannah at Rosie's after Marcus left?

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

4. Who does Clay need to face at school?

5. Who drove Hannah home from the party?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened as Jenny and Hannah were driving home from the party?

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

4. How did Tony become responsible for the tapes?

5. What does Clay not want to have to do when he gets to school?

6. What is significant about Hannah's appearance in this section?

7. What are the last words that Clay remembers speaking to Hannah?

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

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

10. Why did Hannah include Clay in her tapes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The past relationship between Hannah and Clay comes to a climax during the house party on Cottonwood Street. Up until this point, the reader is unaware that Hannah and Clay's relationship anything more than just friendship and a shared longing. What happened between the two in the bedroom during the party? How did Hannah's kiss with Justin interfere with their kiss? Why did Clay apologize to Hannah after their kiss? How did both Clay and Hannah miss an opportunity to help Hannah with her self destructive feelings?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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