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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 secret(s) does Autumn keeps from her family?

2. What does Sylvia jokingly call Tomas?

3. Who is Nyah?

4. Who stops Sylvia from going onto the stage to save Autumn?

5. What does Sylvia say to Tomas when he pulls her from the auditorium?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Tomas's interaction with Jennifer?

2. How does Sylvia know that it is Tomas on the other side of the auditorium doors?

3. Why does Tyler shoot Nyah?

4. What makes Autumn finally reveal herself?

5. What does Tyler say to Autumn when she comes to the stage?

6. What is the yearly track team tradition?

7. How are Sylvia and Tomas able to get people out of the auditorium?

8. Describe the birthday party that Sylvia threw for Autumn.

9. What does the Police officer do with Claire and Chris in Section III?

10. How did Autumn’s mother die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Claire and Chris’s relationship change over the course of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the sibling relationships in the novel. What do these relationships tell the reader about each character?

Essay Topic 3

One of the key themes of the text is the concept of safety. Describe how Nijkamp brings that theme into the text. What is the role of feeling or not feeling safe in the text?

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