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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. Where do Peter and Lara Jean go in Chapter 39?

2. How does Lara Jean describe her contract with Peter in Chapter 56?

3. Who joins the Covey family for Thanksgiving?

4. What does Dr. Covey believe about Peter in Chapter 48?

5. Who helps Lara Jean bake in Chapter 37?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Lara Jean hangs out with Peter and his friends in Chapter 36? How does she feel?

2. Why does Lara Jean find Peter in Chapter 56? How does he respond?

3. What is Lara Jean’s fear concerning Kitty in Chapter 44?

4. What does Lara Jean learn about Margot in Chapter 70?

5. What does Josh tell Lara Jean in Chapter 55? How does Lara Jean feel?

6. What does Lara Jean do at the end of Chapter 66? Why?

7. What shocking revelation does Lara Jean learn in Chapter 71?

8. Who is Mr. Clarke and what does he illustrate to Lara Jean?

9. Why is Lara Jean baking cupcakes in Chapter 37? What does this illustrate about her?

10. What happens on Halloween, as explained in Chapter 43?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The antagonist of a novel is a character or force who works in opposition to the protagonist. Who is the antagonist of the novel? Peter? Margot? Josh? Genevieve? Lara Jean herself? What do you think? Make a case for that which you believe best fits the criteria of an antagonist in To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the symbol of the hatbox in To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before. How does it represent Lara Jean? How does it represent its contents? How does it symbolize the novel’s themes and conflicts? How does it change in meaning over the course of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Lara Jean experiences great change over the course of the novel. In what ways does she change and in what ways does she remain the same? By the novel’s end, is she better for these changes? What makes you say this? Explain your opinion using examples from the text.

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