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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. Who is Lindsay?

2. What is Mclean's father's job?

3. Why does a reporter take pictures of Mclean, David and some other kids?

4. What is Mclean's stepfather's name?

5. What does David bring to Mclean on the evening after she injured herself at school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened that made Mclean feel as if she no longer fit into her mother's world?

2. What does David finally realize about why Mclean is not excited to be at the big game?

3. Why is Mclean's mother upset when she phones Mclean at the beginning of Chapter 5?

4. What is the premise of WHAT HAPPENED TO GOODBYE?

5. Explain how the theme of relationships begins to evolve in Chapter 4.

6. What does Mclean think about when she watches the stars from a party next door one night?

7. How does Mclean meet Dave and what does she think about him?

8. What perspective does David give to Mclean when she is upset with her mother and having to go to the basketball game?

9. Why is Mclean reluctant to attend the big basketball game in town?

10. Who is Peter and how is his personality revealed more in his request that Mclean go to a game with her mother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Deb. What is her role in the story? What was the author trying to accomplish by developing Opal's character in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Create a brief character study of Mclean's mother. 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?

Essay Topic 3

What is the greatest lesson Mclean learns from her mother? Is it that important lessons are also painful ones? What will Mclean always recall about lessons from her mother?

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