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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 are Tyler's SAT scores?

2. What grade is Matt in?

3. Who does Tyler tell to raise their hands in Chapter 7?

4. Whose car do Claire and Chris find in the parking lot after hearing gunshots?

5. Who is Ms. Smith?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are Claire and Chris not in the auditorium during the massacre?

2. Who is Kevin Rolland?

3. What keeps Tomas from skipping school with Fareed?

4. What does Tyler reveal to Mr. Browne?

5. Why does Autumn have an easy time talking to Asha about dance?

6. Describe Chris and Claire’s relationship at the start of the novel.

7. Who is Tracey?

8. Why does Claire blame herself for the massacre?

9. What is the relationship between Tyler and Claire?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Although Nijkamp never explicitly takes a stand on the second amendment, analyze what the author is saying about gun control and the second amendment through the telling of this story. Is this text for or against the Second Amendment?

Essay Topic 2

Define dynamic and static characters. Use evidence from the text to analyze the main characters and decide which are dynamic and which are static.

Essay Topic 3

There are multiple powerful relationships in the text. Select one relationship, either romantic, friendship, or sibling, and analyze its impact on each of the characters. What does each character gain or lose from the relationship? How does the relationship change over the course of the novel?

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