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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. Which of the following is NOT something that upsets Mclean's mother about Mclean's life?
2. Mclean realizes that Deb is considered a/an ______________ by the other students.
3. Who is fighting any changes at the restaurant where Mr. Sweet is consulting?
4. Who calls the house looking for Mclean's father?
5. What does David bring to Mclean on the evening after she injured herself at school?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do the cupboards at Mclean's house reveal to David about her life and what does she tell him about her transient lifestyle?
2. Riley points out something to Mclean about making friends when she helps Mclean after she injures herself at her locker? What does Riley tell her that surprises Mclean?
3. What does David finally realize about why Mclean is not excited to be at the big game?
4. What changes does Mclean see in her mother when she spots her at the big game?
5. Explain how the theme of relationships begins to evolve in Chapter 4.
6. Why is Mclean's mother upset when she phones Mclean at the beginning of Chapter 5?
7. What does Mclean reveal about her mother's background and her parents' relationship later on?
8. Who is Peter and how is his personality revealed more in his request that Mclean go to a game with her mother?
9. What does Mclean think about when she watches the stars from a party next door one night?
10. What happened that made Mclean feel as if she no longer fit into her mother's world?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain the significance of the book's title. What does the author mean by calling it simply WHAT HAPPENED TO GOODBYE? What is she trying to emphasize with this emphatic style? Suggest three alternate titles for this book with supporting rationale for each.
Essay Topic 2
Describe Opal. What is her role in the story? What was the author trying to accomplish by developing Opal's character in the novel?
Essay Topic 3
Explain Sarah Dessen's use of regionalism in the book. Cite examples of at least two different instances of regionalism and explain why the author used them where she did.
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