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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. When Mclean sits and analyzes the sky, what does she recall?
2. Who is the boy who saves Mclean from the police at the neighbor's party?
3. What did Mclean and her mother buy when they went on beach vacations before the divorce?
4. Mclean realizes that Deb is considered a/an ______________ by the other students.
5. Riley tells Mclean that Dave is interested in whom?
Short Essay Questions
1. What examples do David and Mclean share with each other when discussing actions and consequences?
2. What changes does Mclean see in her mother when she spots her at the big game?
3. How does Mclean meet Dave and what does she think about him?
4. 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?
5. Why does Mclean prefer to leave a place without saying goodbye?
6. What is the premise of WHAT HAPPENED TO GOODBYE?
7. What perspective does David give to Mclean when she is upset with her mother and having to go to the basketball game?
8. What happened that made Mclean feel as if she no longer fit into her mother's world?
9. What does Mclean think about when she watches the stars from a party next door one night?
10. What does Mclean reveal about her mother's background and her parents' relationship later on?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe Mclean's relationship with her mother. How does she feel about her even though she has made her life difficult at times? Is the relationship especially difficult because of Mclean's mother's infidelity and the subsequent divorce? How does Mclean's kindness and forgiveness help define their important bond?
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
Create a brief character study of Mclean. What did she look like? What were her positive personality traits? What were her dreams and fears? What was most valuable to her in her world?
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