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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. Who is Mrs. Noble?

2. What time does the book begin?

3. What does Principal Trenton say in each on of her speeches?

4. What are Tyler's SAT scores?

5. What does Tomas eat in Principal Trenton's office?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Fareed and Tomas plan to get into the auditorium?

2. What does Tyler reveal to Mr. Browne?

3. When Sylvia first sees Tyler in the doorway of the auditorium, who does she think it is and why?

4. Why is ballet so important to Autumn?

5. Why is Principal Trenton’s speech so boring to the students?

6. Why does Claire blame herself for the massacre?

7. What do Fareed and Tomas find when they get to the janitor’s office?

8. Who is Jordan?

9. Why do Fareed and Tomas not leave the school like the 911 operator tells them too?

10. What is the relationship between Tyler and Claire?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Each of the main characters are dealing with a serious illness in their family. Describe that illness and analyze how it prepares each character for the massacre at the school.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the importance of setting in the text. How does Nijkamp use different settings to increase dramatic tension? How does she make the reader feel more connected to the text using setting?

Essay Topic 3

The title of the text, This is Where it Ends, is mentioned different times in the text. Trace the different places the phrase is used in the text and analyze the deeper meaning of the title. What are the different possible meanings of the title?

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